Nana Patekar, Indian Star of ‘Parinda’ and ‘Krantiveer,’ Dies at 75

By Naman Ramachandran

Naman Ramachandran

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Nana Patekar, the Indian Hindi and Marathi cinema actor whose roles ranged from the menacing crime lord of “Parinda” to the comic gangster of “Welcome,” died Oct. 8, at his residence in Goa. He was 75.

Patekar went into cardiac arrest at home and was declared dead at 5:20 am local time, news agency ANI reported. “Despite 45 minutes of continuous CPR, he could not be revived,” Dr. Shekhar Salkar, chief of the oncology department at Manipal Hospital, told ANI. Salkar said a medico-legal case had been opened and an autopsy would follow.

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