Nana Patekar was shocked by his son’s death: He said- ‘I used to smoke 60 cigarettes a day, people would not sit in my car because of the smell’
Veteran actor Nana Patekar has recently talked about his personal life in an interview. He told that when his son died, he became addicted to cigarettes. Nana told that his elder son’s health was bad ever since he was born. His name was Durvasa and he died at the age of two and a half years. Nana used to smoke 60 cigarettes a day. Nana said, ‘He had a problem in one eye which we did not know about. When I came to know, I felt very bad, I thought what people would think about Nana’s son. I did not think then what my son must be going through and what he must be going through. I just used to think what people would think about my son.’ Nana said that he got a big shock when his son died. Nana said, ‘At that time I used to smoke 60 cigarettes a day, I used to smoke even while bathing but this was a very bad thing. No one could even sit in my car because of the smell of cigarette. I did not drink alcohol but I used to smoke a lot.’ Nana quit smoking because of his sister Nana further said, ‘I quit smoking only because of my sister. Actually, one of her sons also died. One day she saw me coughing after smoking, so she said-‘What else do you want to see happen now?’ After hearing this, I quit smoking.’ Nana became the father of son Malhar Nana married Neel at the age of 27, who was an officer in a bank. After this, both became parents of two sons. After the death of elder son Durvasa, Nana became the father of son Malhar. Talking about the film career of 73-year-old Nana, he has worked in many films including Parinda, Prahar, Tiranga, Krantiveer, Khamoshi the Musical. He has won three National Awards so far. In 2013, he was honored with Padma Shri for his contribution to cinema.
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