Nana Patekar is one of most popular and celebrated actors in Bollywood. He has been part of numerous films in various langus. He a ted actor, writer, philanthropist and filmmaker. Nana Patekar has acted in almost 100 films over course of his 40-year-old career. 

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Nana Patekar was born on January 1, 1951

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Early and personal life 

Nana Patekar was born on January 1, 1951, in Murud-Janjira of Raig district, Maharashtra. He was born as Vishwanath Patekar. Nana led a tough childhood. However, he has credited his late far, who died when Nana was 28, for encouraging him to pursue acting. According to Nana, his far loved to watch plays and took young Nana to watch m. He married Neelkanti at of 27 and couple h a son, but he died a few years later tragically. Nana chooses to remain an aist but celebrates festival of Ganpati because of trition. actor practices philanthropy and constantly works for betterment of farmers in rural Maharashtra. 

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Film career

Nana first me his debut in 1978 film, Gaman. He h a supporting role in film, which starred Farooq Sheikh and Smita Patil and was directorial debut of Muzaffar Ali, who went onto direct 1982 film, Umrao Jaan, starring Rekha. In early sts of his career, Nana did insignificant roles in various films. He landed his big breakthrough with 1989 crime thriller, Parinda. Directed by Vidhu Vid Chopra and boasting of a stellar cast that included Jackie Shroff, Anil Kapoor and Mhuri Dixit, Nana Patekar essayed role of a crime lord, Anna, in Mumbai. Upon release, film was a runaway success and received critical acclaim. Much of praise was directed to Nana's performance, which won him National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor and Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor respectively. 

After that, re was looking back for Nana. He went onto win National Film Award for Best Actor and Filmfare Award for Best Actor for his le role in 1994 film, Krantiveer. In 1996, he won his second National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for film, Agni Sakshi. Nana Patekar is only actor to have won Filmfare Awards for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Performance in a Negative Role. Later in his career, he won unanimous praise for his comic performance in  Welcome series. 

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