Vishwanath "Nana" Patekar is an Indian actor, writer and filmmaker. Patekar was born in a Marathi family as Vishwanath Patekar on 1 January 1951 in Murud-Janjira in Raigad District, Maharashtra, to Dinkar Patekar, a small textile printing businessman, and Sanjanabai Patekar, a housewife. He is an alumnus of the Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Art, Mumbai. Nana Patekar was married to Neelakanthi Pat...Vishwanath "Nana" Patekar is an Indian actor, writer and filmmaker. Patekar was born in a Marathi family as Vishwanath Patekar on 1 January 1951 in Murud-Janjira in Raigad District, Maharashtra, to Dinkar Patekar, a small textile printing businessman, and Sanjanabai Patekar, a housewife. He is an alumnus of the Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Art, Mumbai. Nana Patekar was married to Neelakanthi Patekar and they have a son Malhar Patekar. But their marriage life did not go well and it resulted in a divorce later on. In September 2015, Nana Patekar established an organisation, Naam Foundation, with fellow Marathi actor Makarand Anaspure, which works to provide aid to farmers to overcome by drought conditions in Maharashtra, India. Patekar has played many types of roles. He has played the occasional villain but been a hero in most of his films. Early 1970s and 1980s He acted in movies such as Gaman (1978), notable role in Sujata Mehta-led Pratighaat (1987), Mohre (1987) and Salaam Bombay! (1988) and was noticed by the mainstream Bollywood industry for his portrayal of the villain in the 1989 film, Parinda, for which he won his first National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor. He was also awarded the Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for the role. He turned director with his movie Prahaar: The Final Attack co-starring Madhuri Dixit. He underwent training for his role as an Indian Army officer in Prahaar and was awarded honorary Captain's rank. He joined the Territorial Army in the early 1990s. He took up the sport of rifle shooting and qualified for the G.V. Mavlankar Shooting Championship. He won the Filmfare Best Villain Award in 1992 for Angaar. In 1994, he won the National Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in Krantiveer (1994). He won the Filmfare Award and the Star Screen Awards in the best actor category. Nana portrayed the character of a ghost in the children's film Abhay (The Fearless) which won two awards at the 42nd National Film Festival held in 1994.