Vishwanath Patekar (born 1 January 1951), better known as Nana Patekar, is an Indian actor, screenwriter, film maker, and a former Indian Territorial Army officer, mainly working in Hindi and Marathi cinema. He is regarded as one of the finest and influential actors in Indian Cinema, Patekar is recipient of three National Film Awards, four Filmfare Awards and two Filmfare Awards Marathi for his acting performances. He was bestowed with the Padma Shri award in 2013 for his contribution in cinema and arts.
After making his acting debut in Bollywood with the 1978 drama Gaman, Patekar acted in a few Marathi films and some Bollywood films. After starring in the Academy Award-nominated Salaam Bombay in 1988, he won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the crime drama Parinda (1989), which he followed-up with another negative role in Angaar (1992). He then starred his directorial debut, Prahaar: The Final Attack (1991). Patekar subsequently starred in and received critical acclaim for his performance in several commercially successful films of the 1990s, including Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman (1992); Angaar (1992), for which he won the Filmfare Award for Best Villain; Tirangaa (1993); Krantiveer (1994), for which he won the National Film Award for Best Actor and the Filmfare Award for Best Actor. Further acclaim came his way for Agni Sakshi (1996), for which he won his second National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor; and Khamoshi: The Musical (1996).
During the early 2000s, he received praise for his performances in Shakti: The Power (2002), Ab Tak Chhappan (2004) and Apaharan (2005); the latter of which earned him his second Filmfare Award for Best Villain, and Taxi No. 9211 (2006). Patekar received widespread praise for playing a good-hearted gangster Uday Shetty in the comedy Welcome (2007) and its sequel Welcome Back (2015), and a politician in the political thriller Raajneeti (2010). In 2016, he starred in the critically and commercially successful Marathi film Natsamrat; in which he portrayed a retired stage actor. He won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor (Marathi) for his performance in the film.[1]
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Vishwanath Patekar (born 1 January 1951), better known as NanaPatekar, is an Indian actor, screenwriter, film maker, and a former Indian Territorial...
NanaPatekar (born 1 January 1951) is an actor, writer, and film maker, mainly working in Hindi and Marathi cinema. As an actor, he is best known for his...
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Rashmin Majithia under the banner Coconut Motion Pictures. The film stars NanaPatekar, Siddharth Chandekar, Sayali Sanjeev and Makarand Anaspure. The film...
Mahant and Achut Naik, and presented by Bharat Shah. The film stars NanaPatekar and Mahie Gill in leading roles and was released on 24 February 2017...
action crime film directed and produced by Mehul Kumar. The film stars NanaPatekar, Dimple Kapadia, Atul Agnihotri, Mamta Kulkarni in the lead roles. Farida...
directed by Mehul Kumar. It features an ensemble cast of Amitabh Bachchan, NanaPatekar, Jaya Prada, Tabu, Mukul Dev, Mukesh Rishi, Danny Denzongpa, Jackie Shroff...
a non-governmental organisation based in the city of Pune, India by NanaPatekar and Makarand Anaspure. The foundation works for betterment of farmers...
adaptation of the Marathi play Katkon Trikon by Dr Vivek Bele, the film stars NanaPatekar, Iravati Harshe and Sumeet Raghavan in the lead roles and is Devgn's...
based on Mahabharata, the film starred an ensemble cast of Ajay Devgn, NanaPatekar, Ranbir Kapoor, Katrina Kaif, Arjun Rampal, Manoj Bajpayee, Sarah Thompson...
film directed by Anil Mattoo, produced by Vijay K. Ranglani. It stars NanaPatekar and Madhoo in pivotal roles. Also, it was the final film of Shafi Inamdar...
Tum Milo Toh Sahi is an Indian drama film starring NanaPatekar, Dimple Kapadia, Mohnish Bahl, Amit Behl, Suniel Shetty, Vidya Malvade, Rehan Khan and...
by Aziz Mirza starring Shah Rukh Khan, Amrita Singh, Juhi Chawla and NanaPatekar. Khan plays Raju, a young Diploma Holder in Civil Engineering from Darjeeling...
a 1999 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Gulzar, starring NanaPatekar, Sunil Shetty, Tabu and Suhasini Mulay. The story opens with the kidnapping...
Kaksparsh (2012) and De Dhakka (2008). She played lead role opposite NanaPatekar in 2016 Marathi film Natsamrat, the highest-grossing film in Marathi...
written by Sandeep Shrivastava and produced by Ram Gopal Varma. It stars NanaPatekar, Revathi, Yashpal Sharma, Mohan Agashe, Nakul Vaid, and Hrishitaa Bhatt...
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