Nana Patekar

Nana Patekar is a highly acclaimed Indian actor and filmmaker. Nana Patekar is known for his brash style of delivering his dialogues. Nana Patekar is also a sketch artist having sometimes helped the Mumbai Police to track criminals.

Nana Patekar acted in movies such as Mohre (1987) and Salaam Bombay! (1988) and villain in the 1989 film, Parinda. Nana was awarded the Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for the role. He also won the Filmfare Best Villain Award in 1992 for Angaar.

In 1994 Nana 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.

Nana Patekar has played various type of roles and has given outstanding performances in each role. 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).

Nana 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. Patekar has also done some playback singing in the films Yeshwant (1997), Wajood (1998) and Aanch (2003).