Nana Patekar passes away at the age of 75: Cardiac arrest, life could not be saved even after giving CPR for 45 minutes; 100+ Films, 3 National, 4 Filmfare Awards

Veteran actor Nana Patekar passed away on Thursday morning. According to reports, he suffered a heart attack at his home in Goa. CPR was given for about 45 minutes to save him, but he could not be saved. According to Dr. Shekhar Salkar, Nana Patekar passed away at 5:20 am. After his death, a medico-legal case (MLC) has been registered and a postmortem will be conducted. He became a villain in 'Parinda', won 3 National Awards Nana Patekar played the role of Anna in the 1989 film 'Parinda', for which he won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor. He won the National Award for Best Actor for 'Krantiveer' in 1994. He also received the National Award for Best Supporting Actor for 'Agnisakshi' in 1996. In this way, he received 3 National Film Awards in his career. Nana Patekar was honoured with the Padma Shri in 2013 for his contribution to Indian cinema. In his long film career, he also acted in Hindi as well as Marathi films. Nana Patekar played the role of gangster Uday Shetty in the 2007 film 'Welcome'. This comedy character was very much liked. He was also seen in the role of Uday Shetty in his sequel 'Welcome Back'. Nana Patekar underwent military training for the film 'Prahar' Nana Patekar's association with the Indian Army was not limited to films. During the preparation of the film 'Prahaar: The Final Attack', he underwent rigorous military training with the Maratha Light Infantry. During this training, he closely understood military life by staying with the jawans. During the 1999 Kargil war, Nana Patekar was also with the jawans. According to reports, he spent more than two weeks among the soldiers and boosted their morale by going to different posts. He later said that during that time, he was also a part of the Quick Reaction Team. Nana Patekar had said in an interview that everyone should do something for the country. His respect for the soldiers of the army has come up on many occasions. In 2016, he had said that for him, the country comes first and the soldiers are the real heroes of the country. Nana Patekar quit his job of 1200 rupees to work in theatre When he started getting state level prizes in theatre, he decided to leave his job of 1200 rupees in an advertising agency and make a career in theatre itself. He has acted in many Marathi plays, including 'Hamida Bai Chi Kothi', 'Rose Tattoo'. Initially, Nana Patekar used to get only 50 rupees per play show. Because of this, he used to play cards during the rehearsals of the play and win money from it. Apart from this, he used to give massage to the famous Marathi theatre artist and actor Ashok Shroff and he used to give 5 rupees to Nana. Nana last worked in a play in 1996. The shows of his play 'Male' were around 1807. Nana used to get Rs 200 when the first show of this play was held in 1981 and Rs 46,000 when the last show was held in 1996. This play was performed in different shows for 16 years. Apart from this, Nana Patekar used to work as a good painter and used to make sketches of the accused for the police. Not only this, during the Mumbai communal riots, Nana made sketches of the suspects. Nana Patekar struggled a lot to create his own identity in the film. After his debut film 'Gaman', Nana accepted whatever film he got. During this time, Nana worked in an average film and none of the films were hits. Smita Patil got Ravi Chopra's film Nana Patekar knew actress Smita Patil from the time she read the news. It was Smita who asked Nana to work in Ravi Chopra's film 'Aaj Ki Awaaz' (1984), when Nana Patekar went to meet Ravi Chopra, he was offered the role of a rapist. As soon as he heard the role, Nana Patekar got angry and refused to work in the film and came down from the office abusing her. At this time, I met Smita Patil and Nana told me everything. At the behest of Smita Patil, Nana was then offered another role instead of a rapist. Nana had put a condition to work in this film and he wrote his role himself, not only that, he also shot the entry scene himself. He worked with Raj Babbar in this film. Despite having a small role, Nana Patekar won the hearts of fans and critics with his acting. It is a different matter that this film was a flop at the box office.