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Visuals from Pune show the last rites of veteran actor Nana Patekar being performed outside his farmhouse following his demise at the age of seventy-five. Large crowds, including residents from his village, family members, and film personalities like Jackie Shroff and director Anees Bazmee, gathered to pay their respects. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis paid tribute earlier at the airport and laid a wreath. Mourners acknowledged the actor's cinematic legacy as well as his social work supporting Maharashtra farmers. State police personnel were present to accord full state honours and conduct the final salute during the rituals.

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00:00We're going to take you live to Pune where we're getting live visuals at this point in time.
00:05That of the last rites of Nana Apathekar, the actor who passed away early in the day at the age
00:14of 75.
00:15Tremendous contribution that he's made and now you see visuals of his near and dear ones as well as proper
00:24state police as well present over there.
00:26That is the parting visuals.
00:33Bhavna is with me right now.
00:35Bhavna, we can see live visuals.
00:38Tell us what the emotion really is on the ground.
00:41I also see Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis who's holding the coffin at this point in time.
00:52Let me firstly correct you there because CM Fadnavis paid his last tributes at the airport and not here.
00:59He's not present at the moment while as we speak while the last rites are being performed in Pune at
01:05outside his farmhouse.
01:06But as you can see that the emotions are heightened obviously because people loved Nana for his not only as
01:13an actor but also for his social work.
01:15And as we can speak there are people who have gathered in huge numbers from his village and outside and
01:21celebrities like Jackie Shroff, director Anis Basmi and many others have turned up to pay their last tribute to the
01:29veteran actor.
01:30And as we speak right now the last rites rituals are on the state honours were paid and the final
01:36salute by the state will be done in the next five or ten minutes.
01:41So yes, like I said that there is a lot of the emotions are running high like we said and
01:47family members everyone have gathered here to pay their last tribute their farewell to the actor Nana Particle.
01:53And also someone who not only the industry but the country loved for his contribution for his contribution for social
02:01work and many other things.
02:03I mean it's not hidden he's done so much for Maharashtra farmers here their conditions and so you can actually
02:12if you look at the visuals the crowd has it's it's 11 p.m.
02:17And yet you can see the number of people who have gathered here to pay their last tributes it's not
02:22common it's quite rare to see such such a huge honour being paid to an actor to a to a
02:28person who will be remembered and loved by many.
02:32100% Bhavna thank you so much for telling us what exactly is playing out on the ground right now.
02:39Just moments before ladies and gentlemen it was the chief minister who laid the wreath and those happen to be
02:45the last moments of Nana Particle with us.

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