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MUMBAI : Nana Patekar just returned to the big screen with Vivek Agnihotri's The Vaccine War. He is well-known for his outstanding performances in films like Parinda, Krantiveer, Tirangaa, Welcome, and Kaala.
Nana Patekar made his Bollywood acting debut in the drama Gaman in 1978, saying that he had some "bad memories" from his time spent working with Vidhu Vinod Chopra on the 1989 film Parinda. In a recent interview, Nana Patekar said, “Every time I meet Vidhu Vinod Chopra, I wish this was our last time.”
The veteran actor revealed in an interview with the well-known news portal that he doesn’t like Vidhu Vinod Chopra at all.
He said, “I don’t like Vidhu Vinod Chopra. I have no control over my anger. I am still the same. That aspect of my life hasn’t changed yet. Every scene has its setting, tune, and note, there is a way to talk. Now, I don’t know if you watched Parinda, I was in the character, so when the director says, ‘Lights, camera, clap’, if you aggressively say ‘action’, it starts to linger in your ears. It echoes and hurts your ears.”
He added, “Let us be in our character please. What happens, when someone shouts, we forget the note that is required for the scene and unknowingly pick director’s note. Just say ‘action’ calmly. Let us get into our character and note. It is because of this we must have had a tiff. I have very bad memories of him (Vidhu Vinod Chopra) and even habits.”
Nana Patekar then shifted his angle from the interviewer to the camera and said, “Vidhu, please hear this. I want to tell you all this to your face and not behind your back.”
When asked about his last meeting with Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Nana quickly said, “Every time I meet him, I wish it to be the last meeting.” “No, seriously”, he added when his response made his audience in the interview laugh.
An extremely well-known anecdote from the Parinda filming exists. It is rumoured that director Vidhu Vinod Chopra strictly enforced the cast and crew's requirement to bring their own food to the set. Nana Patekar objected to this and insisted on having meals on the set. The two got into a fight as a result, and Patekar abused the director. On the set, an angry Vidhu Vinod Chopra tore Nana Patekar's kurta.
In addition to Nana Patekar, Jackie Shroff, Anil Kapoor, and Madhuri Dixit played the key parts in Parinda. When it was first released, the movie was praised by critics and was seen as the beginning of realism in Hindi cinema. Two National Film Awards were won by Parinda. It was also considered for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar or Academy Award in 1990, however, it did not receive a nomination.
Regarding his career, Nana Patekar will feature in the film Journey, directed by Anil Sharma.
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Credits – The Indian Express
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