Nana Patekar (Marathi: नाना पाटेकर) (born 1 January 1951 as Vishwanath Patekar) is an Indian actor and filmmaker.
Career
He is known to give generously to the poor.[1][2]
He acted in movies such as Mohre (1987) and Salaam Bombay! (1988) and was noticed by the mainstream Bollywood industry for his portrayal of the villain in the 1989 film, Parinda. He was awarded the Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for the role. He also won the Filmfare Best Villain Award in 1992 for Angaar.
In the movie Ab Tak Chappan (2005) he plays a police officer whose main task is to rid the streets of underworld dons. In 1994 he won the National Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in Krantiveer (1994). He also won the Filmfare Award and the Star Screen Awards in the best actor category.
Patekar has played various type of roles. He has played the occasional villain but has played a hero in most of his films. He played a truant, gambling son in Krantiveer (1994), a wife beater in Agni Sakshi (1996), a deaf and dumb father to his then off-screen lover Manisha Koirala in Khamoshi: The Musical (1996) and a schizophrenic in Wajood (1998). He has also played some villainous roles. Patekar has also done Comic roles in the recent film Welcome (2007) in which he plays a powerful crime lord who once desired to be an actor in films.
He turned director with his movie Prahaar: The Final Attack co-starring Madhuri Dixit. His other films as an actor include Hu Tu Tu and Bluff Master. For his performance in Apaharan, he received the Filmfare Best Villain Award as well as the Star Screen Award Best Villain. He is going to be in Sangeeth Sivan's next film, which is a remake of the Telugu film Athadu(2005) and as the character Anjaneya Prasad (CBI Officer), Which was originally played by Prakash Raj.
Patekar has also done some playback singing in the films Yeshwant (1997), Wajood (1998) and Aanch (2003).
He has an honorary Captain's Rank from Indian Army. He underwent training for his role as a Army officer in the movie Prahaar. He was thus awarded the rank. He joined the Territorial Army (India) in early 90s.[citation needed] At the age of 54 he took up the sport of rifle shooting.He qualified for the G.V. Malvankar Championships.
Awards
* 1989:Nominated:Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award-Andha Yudh
* 1990:won: Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award- Parinda
* 1990:won: National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor- Parinda
* 1992:won: Filmfare Best Villain Award- Angaar
* 1993:Nominated:Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award-Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman
* 1994:Nominated:Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award-Tirangaa
* 1995:won:Filmfare Best Actor Award- Krantiveer
* 1995:won:Star Screen Award Best Actor- Krantiveer
* 1995:won: National Film Award for Best Actor- Krantiveer
* 1997:won:National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor- Agni Sakshi
* 2003:Nominated:Filmfare Best Villain Award forShakti-The Power
* 2004: BFJA Awards, Best Actor for Ab Tak Chhappan[4]
* 2006:won: Filmfare Best Villain Award- Apaharan
* 2006:won:Star Screen Award Best Villain-Apaharan
Patekar is the only actor ever to win Filmfare Awards in the Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Villain categories.[5]
