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Krantiveer
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Nana Patekar, 75, and the monologue that became memory
Nana Patekar has died at 75. The Krantiveer climax, improvised after a heart scare, helps explain why his voice still commands Hindi cinema.
Retrospective
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Nana Patekar: the many shades of the common man
Nana Patekar built a career around the common man's interior life, from Gaman to Krantiveer and Welcome. A look at the range he leaves behind.
Retrospective
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Nana Patekar dies at 75; Saira Banu recalls a quiet welcome
Saira Banu's tribute recalls how Dilip Kumar welcomed a rain-drenched Nana Patekar with a towel and a fresh shirt after his Krantiveer win.
News
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Nana Patekar dies at 75; Hindi cinema loses an original
Nana Patekar, three-time National Award winner of Parinda, Krantiveer and Welcome, has died at 75 in Goa. A look at his singular career.
Retrospective
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Remembering Nana Patekar: Celebrated and Unsung
The late actor's filmography shows how consistency and intensity let him become a bankable star outside Hindi cinema's usual template.
Retrospective
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Nana Patekar, Hindi cinema’s shape-shifter, dies at 75
The National Award-winning actor leaves behind a career spanning Salaam Bombay!, Parinda, Welcome and Natsamrat, plus two films still to release.
News
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Nana Patekar, 75, dies in Goa; his dialogues remain
A tribute to the actor whose pauses and protest-ready monologues in Krantiveer, Yashwant and Tirangaa changed Hindi film dialogue.
Retrospective
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Nana Patekar, three-time National Award winner, dies
Nana Patekar, the three-time National Award winner who made Hindi cinema's anger feel local and lived-in, died on Thursday after a cardiac arrest.
Retrospective
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Nana Patekar, 1951–2026: 75 years of fury, silence and ache
Nana Patekar died at 75. From poster paint to Parinda, Krantiveer, Khamoshi, Welcome and Natsamrat, we remember the fury and the ache.
Retrospective