Born on the first day of the year, this terribly talented actor has some totally different bracket of films to his credit. From his very first film, Nana Patekar believes in doing different roles and so far has come out with a wide variety of roles. None have been similar to the other.
Nana Patekar's first film "Aaj Ki Awaz" could not do much for him. But N Chandra tapped this budding talent in "Ankush" which catapulted him to fame. There started a success formula which is still going strong. Some of Nana Patekar's other films are Amol Palekar's "Thoda Sa Romani Ho Jaaye", Vidhu Vinod Chopra's "Parinda", Mehul Kumar's "Krantiveer", Aziz Mirza's "Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman", Sanjay Bhansali's "Khamoshi", Partho Ghosh's "Agnisakhi" and N Chandra's "Wajood".
He has also attempted making a film "Prahaar" with Madhuri Dixit and Dimple Kapadia. Nana Patekar won the Best Actor's award for his films like "Parinda" (1990) and "Krantiveer" (1995).
Nana Patekar is said to have a unique acting style. It is widely rumoured that he ad libs all of his lines and is held in high regard for this ability.
He is known to give generously to the poor.He is also a sketch artist,a secret not known to the outside world. His sketches have sometimes helped the Mumbai Police to track criminals!Nana Patekar studied engineering in IIT between late 60's/early 70's. It was a four year degree course then and he used to take part in many College Drama functions.While he acted in movies such as Mohre (1987) and Salaam Bombay! (1988), he was noticed by the mainstream Bollywood industry and audience 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. He is very famous for his acting style.He is very well known for his role in the movie Ab Tak Chappan (2005) in which 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 experimented with his roles when it comes to films. He has done the occasional villain role but has also played a hero in most films. He played a truant, gambling son in Krantiveer (1994), a wife beater in Agnisakshi (1996), a deaf and dumb father in Khamoshi: The Musical (1996) and a schizophrenic in Wajood (1998).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. He once again gave a good performance in his latest film 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 next that is remake of Athadu and is going to play Shiva reddy who was played by Sayaji Shinde in AtaduPatekar has also done some playback singing in the films Yeshwant (1997), Wajood (1998) and Aanch (2003).
He is the only actor ever to win Filmfare Awards in the Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Villain categories.
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