
Nana Patekar is an actor, film director born in Dadar (India).
Vishwanath Patekar (born 1 January 1951), better known as Nana Patekar, is an Indian actor, film maker, mainly working in Hindi and Marathi cinema. Widely regarded as one of the finest and most influential actors in Indian Cinema, Patekar is recipient of three National Film Awards, four Filmfare Awards, two Maharashtra State Film Awards and Filmfare Awards Marathi respectively for his acting performances. He was bestowed with the Padma Shri award in 2013 for his contribution in cinema and arts. After making his acting debut in Bollywood with the 1978 drama Gaman, Patekar acted in a few Marathi films and some Bollywood films. After starring in the Academy Award-nominated Salaam Bombay in 1988, he won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the crime drama Parinda (1989).
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| Born | 1 January 1951, Dadar |
| Profession | actor, film director |
| Nationality | India |
| Educated at | Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art |
| Spouse | Neelakanti Patekar |
| Children | Malhar Patekar |
| Awards | Filmfare Award for Best Actor, Padma Shri in arts, National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor, National Film Award for Best Actor |
| Moon Sign (Rashi) | Virgo |
| Nakshatra | Hasta (Pada 4) |
| Sun Sign | Sagittarius |
| Ascendant (Lagna) | Leo |
| Birth data reliability | Accurate |
Birth details come from a recorded or documented source (source: Kundli Sangraha (Tendulkar)), so this chart is reliable.
Computed with Swiss Ephemeris (Lahiri ayanamsa).
Our library holds 148 Bollywood personalities with a computed Vedic chart from reliable birth data. 13 of them (9%) have the Moon in Virgo, like Nana Patekar, and 9 (6%) share the Hasta Nakshatra — the #3 most common Moon Nakshatra among Bollywood personalities, where Swati leads with 10 (7%).
For scale, an even spread would put about 3.7% in each of the 27 Nakshatras and 8.3% in each Moon sign. These are simple counts from our dataset, not a prediction.
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Nana Patekar was born on 1 January 1951 in Dadar. Birth details come from a recorded or documented source (source: Kundli Sangraha (Tendulkar)), so this chart is reliable.
Nana Patekar's Moon sign (Rashi) is Virgo and the Nakshatra is Hasta, pada 4, computed with Swiss Ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa.
Nana Patekar's Ascendant is Leo, calculated from the recorded birth time.
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