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Nana Patekar
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Nana Patekar’s Last Rites: Bollywood’s A-List Absence
Nana Patekar's Pune last rites drew Jackie Shroff and a few filmmakers, but little A-list presence, renewing questions about Bollywood's solidarity.
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Farmers outnumbered Bollywood at Nana Patekar’s last rites
Marathi filmmaker Pravin Tarde says farmers mattered more than Bollywood at Nana Patekar's Pune funeral, and questions absent friends.
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Nana Patekar’s Theatre-to-Cinema Legacy Recalled in Nagpur
Nagpur's artist community gathered to recall Nana Patekar's theatre-to-cinema journey, with a vivid memory of Purush at fourteen.
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Nana Patekar’s Son Malhar Chose Filmmaking Over Spotlight
After Nana Patekar's death, attention turns to son Malhar: child actor, assistant director and producer who stayed away from celebrity.
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Nana Patekar, 75: the Rs 12-lakh debut that made him
Nana Patekar dies at 75. N. Chandra recalls casting him in Ankush for Rs 10,000, the Rs 12-lakh debut that made him a leading man.
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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.
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Nana Patekar, Hindi cinema’s voice of intensity, dies at 75
Nana Patekar, the actor whose intensity defined Hindi and Marathi cinema across five decades, died in Goa on October 8, 2026. He was 75.
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Bachchan: Music keeps the departed close after Patekar loss
Amitabh Bachchan reflects on melodies, chords and orchestral harmonies that bring back 'loved ones gone', days after his on-air tribute to Nana Patekar.
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Nana Patekar dies; the hospital regret he carried
Veteran actor Nana Patekar has died. His 2024 NDTV account of losing his father because the family could not pay for treatment shows the regret he carried.
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