Actor Nana Patekar dies at 75

Actor Nana Patekar. File | Photo Credit: Manjunath H.S. Veteran Actor Nana Patekar passed away at his Goa residence during the early hours of Thursday (October 8, 2026), after suffering a heart attack.The 75-year-old actor was brought to a private hospital after he was found unconscious at his apartment at Dona Paula, near Panaji, Dr. Shekhar Salkar, a senior doctor attached to the hospital, said.Also read | ‘I won’t do a film if I yawn during narration’: Nana PatekarDr. Salkar said that despite 45 minutes of continuous CPR, Mr. Patekar could not be revived. A medico-legal case has been registered in this connection, he said, while a postmortem would be conducted on his body by the authorities.He said that Mr. Patekar was declared dead at around 5.10 a.m. Published - October 08, 2026 08:15 am IST