City Anchor: Nana Patekar's 47-year association with Vadodara, he performed in the year 1977, attended the death of his friend Anshuman Gaekwad two years ago

Nana Patekar's association with Vadodara lasted for 47 years. He came to Vadodara 49 years ago in 1977 for the role of a young collegian in the Marathi play Pahije Jati. While 2 years ago, he attended the death of Anshuman Gaekwad. The two had a special friendship. Nana Patekar used to come to Vadodara before he came to Bollywood films. Some people of Vadodara had memories with him. Nana Patekar came to Vadodara in the year 2000 for a male play. Rajesh Patel of Stage Craft, who brought him to Vadodara, says that Rajesh Vasanwala was instrumental in bringing him. For the man, he came with his then partner Ayesha Jhulka. She was the lead actress in the play. At that time, the ticket prices were kept at Rs. 1500. Because she charged Rs. 5 lakh for one show. I held 5 shows in Ahmedabad, Surat and Vadodara. When Anshuman Gaekwad came to see the play, there was a sweet tussle over who should go to meet whom. Finally, Anshuman went backstage to meet her and they had a conversation. Nana was an assistant director from Vadodara in 3 films Nana Patekar's Yashwant, Yug Purush and Ghulam Mustafa had art director Ajit Dandekar and all three were in the film. Sanjay Page of Vadodara. He said that he insisted on the sets of small films. The team was picked up as there were no expensive items on the set of a corrupt officer's house. Darshan Purohit, a professor in the dramatics department of MSU's Faculty of Performing Arts, said that he came to Vadodara to perform the play Hamidabai Chi Kothi at the insistence of the Baroda Amateur Club and the then dean Yashwant Kelak.