Nana Patekar’s awards included three National Film Awards, four Filmfare wins and the Padma Shri.
MUMBAI, India — October 9, 2026 — Nana Patekar’s five-decade career was recognised with three National Film Awards, four competitive Filmfare wins, the Padma Shri and several other major honours across Hindi and Marathi cinema. His awards record stands out not simply for its number, but for the range of performances that earned recognition—from a supporting role in Parinda to the lead in Krantiveer and negative roles in films such as Angaar and Apaharan.
Key points
Nana Patekar won three National Film Awards for Parinda, Krantiveer and Agni Sakshi.
He won four Filmfare Awards, including Best Supporting Actor, Best Actor and Best Villain/negative-role honours.
The Government of India awarded him the Padma Shri in 2013 for his contribution to the arts.
His later work in Marathi cinema brought further recognition, including honours for Dr. Prakash Baba Amte: The Real Hero and Natsamrat.
His awards history shows an unusual ability to move between lead, supporting and antagonistic characters rather than being recognised for only one type of role.
Nana Patekar’s three National Film Awards
Patekar’s first National Film Award came for his performance as Anna, the intimidating underworld figure in Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s Parinda (1989). He won Best Supporting Actor, a performance that also earned him his first Filmfare win in the same category.
His second National Film Award came for Krantiveer (1994), for which he won Best Actor. The performance transformed Patekar into a major leading man and became one of the defining roles of his 1990s career. He also won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor for the film.
Three years later, Patekar won his third National Film Award, again for Best Supporting Actor, for Agni Sakshi (1996). The role was markedly different from his earlier award-winning performances, with Patekar playing a psychologically disturbing husband whose behaviour becomes increasingly threatening.
That gave Patekar three National Film Awards across three very different performances: a gangster in Parinda, a disillusioned man turned revolutionary in Krantiveer, and a dangerous husband in Agni Sakshi.
His Filmfare record tells another part of the story
Patekar’s Filmfare wins also reflect the breadth of his screen career.
He won Best Supporting Actor for Parinda, Best Villain for Angaar, Best Actor for Krantiveer and Best Performance by an Actor in a Negative Role for Apaharan.
The significance is less about counting trophies and more about the categories. Patekar was recognised as both a leading man and supporting performer, while also winning for antagonistic roles. His Angaar performance as Majid and his later work in Apaharan demonstrated how effectively he could dominate a film without following the conventional image of a Hindi-film hero.
Padma Shri: India’s civilian recognition
In 2013, the Government of India awarded Patekar the Padma Shri, one of the country’s highest civilian honours. The official Padma Awards Gazette lists “Shri Nana Gajanan Patekar” under the field of Art from Maharashtra.
The honour came after decades in theatre, Hindi cinema and Marathi cinema and recognised a career that had extended well beyond conventional commercial stardom.
Recognition in Marathi cinema
Patekar’s connection to Marathi cinema remained important throughout his career.
He received the Filmfare Marathi Best Actor award for Dr. Prakash Baba Amte: The Real Hero, while his performance as Ganpatrao Belwalkar in Natsamrat brought further recognition, including a Zee Gaurav award.
Natsamrat was particularly significant because the role allowed Patekar to return to the theatrical tradition that had shaped his early career while adapting the celebrated Marathi stage character for film. Filmfare also recognised his performance in its Marathi awards.
More than an awards tally
Patekar’s honours are best understood alongside the unusual variety of his career. He moved between serious parallel cinema, mainstream Hindi films, comedy, Marathi productions and roles based on real people.
His award-winning performances followed that same pattern. He could win for a supporting gangster in Parinda, a lead role in Krantiveer and darker characters in Angaar and Apaharan. Later, Marathi films such as Dr. Prakash Baba Amte: The Real Hero and Natsamrat added another chapter to his recognition.
That range helps explain why Patekar’s awards record remains notable after his death at 75 on October 8, 2026. The record is not simply a collection of industry trophies; it traces how an actor who began in theatre repeatedly changed the kind of character he could convincingly play.
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