Nana Patekar, Veteran of Hindi and Marathi Cinema, Dies at 75

Indian actor Nana Patekar died October 8, 2026, at his home in Dona Paula, Goa, aged 75, of suspected cardiac arrest. Born in 1951 in Maharashtra, he debuted in 1978's Gaman and spent nearly five decades in Hindi- and Marathi-language films, gaining international attention in Mira Nair's Oscar-nominated Salaam Bombay!. He is survived by his wife and son.