Bollywood Actor Nana Patekar 1951

Vishwanath "Nana" Patekar (Marathi: नाना पाटेकर) (born 1 January 1951) is an Indian actor and filmmaker. Born Vishwanath Patekar in Murud-Janjira, Maharashtra, to Dinkar Patekar (a painter) and his wife Sanjanabai Patekar. He is an alumnus of the Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Art, Mumbai.

Born	Vishwanath Patekar 1 January 1951 (1951-01-01) (age 60) Murud-Janjira, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Actor, Filmmaker
Years active	1978 – present
Spouse	Neelakanti Patekar
Parents	Dinkar Patekar Sanjana Patekar

He acted in movies such as Gaman (1978), 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, for which he won his first National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor. He was also awarded the Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for the role. He won the Filmfare Best Villain Award in 1992 for Angaar.

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). In the movie Ab Tak Chappan (2005) he plays a police officer whose main task is to rid the streets of underworld dons. 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. At the age of 54, he took up the sport of rifle shooting. He qualified for the G.V. Malvankar Championships.

He has also acted in couple of Marathi movies and plays. He is known to give generously to the poor.

Awards

Award	Film	Year	Status
National Film Award
National Film Award for Best Actor	Krantiveer	1995	Won
National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor	Parinda	1990	Won
National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor	Agni Sakshi	1997	Won
Filmfare Award
Filmfare Best Actor Award	Krantiveer	1995	Won
Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award	Andha Yudh	1989	Nominated
Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award	Parinda	1990	Won
Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award	Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman	1993	Nominated
Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award	Tirangaa	1994	Nominated
Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award	Raajneeti	2011	Nominated
Filmfare Best Villain Award	Angaar	1992	Won
Filmfare Best Villain Award	Shakti – The Power	2003	Nominated
Filmfare Best Villain Award	Apaharan	2008	Won
Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award	Rajneeti	2011	Nominated
Star Screen Awards
Star Screen Award Best Actor	Krantiveer	1995	Won
Star Screen Award Best Villain	Apaharan	2006	Won
Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards
Bengal Film Journalists' Association - Best Actor Award (Hindi)	Ab Tak Chhappan	2004	Won

Patekar is the only actor ever to win Filmfare Awards in the Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Villain categories.

Filmography

Actor

Year	Film	Role
1978	Gaman	Vasu
1984	Aaj Ki Awaaz	Jagmohandas
1986	Ankush	Ravindra Kelkar 'Ravi'
1986	Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy	Nathuram Godse
1986	Maaficha Sakshidar (Marathi film) based on Joshi-Abhyankar serial murders	Rajendra Jakkal
1987	Sutradhaar	Kumar
1987	Andhaa Yudh	S.P. Suhas Dandekar
1987	Pratighaat	Ex-Constable Karamveer
1988	Salaam Bombay	Baba
1990s	The Jungle Book (Hindi)	Shere Khan (Voice)
1990	Parinda	Anna Seth
1990	Thodasa Roomani Ho Jaayen	Natwarlal aka Dhrushtadyumna Padmanabh Prajapati Neelkant Dhumketu Barish Kar
1991	Prahaar: The Final Attack	Major Chauhan
1991	Disha	Koga Pandit
1992	Tirangaa	Shivajirao Wagle
1992	Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman	Jai
1992	Angaar	Majid Khan
1994	Krantiveer	Pratap Narayan Tilak
1995	Hum Dono	Vishal Saigal
1996	Agni Sakshi	Vishwanath
1996	Khamoshi: The Musical	Joseph Braganza
1997	Ghulam-E-Musthafa	Ghulam -E- Musthafa
1997	Yeshwant	Yeshwant Lohar
1998	Yugpurush: A Man Who Comes Just Once in a Way	Anirudh
1998	Wajood	Malhar Gopaldas Agnihotri/Col. Latti
1999	Hu Tu Tu	Bhau
1999	Kohram: The Explosion	Maj. Ajit Arya
2000	Gang	Abdul
2000	Tarkieb	CBI Inspector Jasraj Patel
2002	Vadh	Dr. Arjun Singh
2002	Shakti - The Power	Narasimha
2003	Bhoot	Inspector Liyaqat Qureshi
2003	Darna Mana Hai	John Rodrigues
2003	Aanch	Mahadev
2004	Ab Tak Chhappan	Inspector Sadhu Agashe
2005	Apaharan	Tabrez Alam
2005	Pak Pak Pakaak (Marathi film)	Bhutya
2005	Bluff Master	Chandru Parekh
2006	Taxi Number 9211	Raghav Shastri
2007	Hattrick	Doctor
2007	Dus Kahaniyaan	Man in the bus
2007	Welcome	Don Uday Shetty
2007	Yatra	Dasrath Joglekar
2006	Saamna (Announced)	Guru
2007	The Pool	Bunglow Owner
2008	Ek - The Power of One	CBI Officer Rane
2009	Horn 'OK' Pleassss	Govinda
2008	Bommalattam
2010	Paathshala	Principle Aditya Sahay
2010	Rajneeti	Brij Gopal
2010	Tum Milo Toh Sahi	Subramanium
2011	Shagird	Hanumant Singh
2011	It's My Life	Businessman

Director

Year	Film
1991	Prahaar: The Final Attack