00:02Nana Patakar, a veteran Indian actor known for his fiery performances in Bollywood films and
00:09theater, died on Thursday. 75-year-old Patakar was found unconscious at his home in the coastal
00:17state of Goa early on Thursday morning, and doctors were unable to revive him. He died
00:23of cardiac arrest, but it was unclear what triggered it.
00:27Nana Patakar was brought dead in the hospital around 4.30 plus, and he was declared dead by 5.30.
00:36We had tried all the best to save him, but he was brought dead. Cardiac massage was given
00:41for almost 45 to one hour, but he just could not be saved.
00:49Born Vishawanath Patakar, but popularly known as Nana, he started his career doing theater
00:55in Marathi, the language spoken in his home state of Maharashtra, which is also home to
01:01Bollywood. Patakar acted in several of India's art house movies in the 1970s and 80s before
01:08moving to mainstream Bollywood. Patakar is survived by his wife, from whom he was separated, and
01:15a son.
