नाना पाटेकर

Nana Patekar (Marathi: नाना पाटेकर) (born 1 January 1951 as Vishwanath Patekar) 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 Arts, Mumbai. During his college years he was active in inter collegiate dramatics. After graduating he has starred in a number of Bollywood movies with some of the most prominent film directors of Bollywood. He is married to Neelakanti and they have a son Malhar.

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.^{[citation needed]} 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

• 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

Actor

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

Director

• Prahaar: The Final Attack (1991)