Nana Patekar's private space captured
Step into the actor's getaway home. Nana Patekar has two properties in and around Pune - a flat and a farmhouse in Khadakvasla near Pune, where the elusive actor escapes to, from the madness of the city.
Recently Sangeeth Sivan (Nana's director in Ek) shot pictures of the actor in his Pune flat and farmhouse. This is the first time that Nana's private space has been captured on film.
Sivan says,"Nana grows rice, wheat and chana, etc. He sells the grown products and shares the money with his farmers. What is beautiful about Nana's flat and farmhouse are their unassuming simplicity and warmth."
The
sprawling
farmhouse
has
about
seven
rooms
with
a
huge
hall
and
is
done
up
to
suit
the
actor's
simple
taste.
There
is
simple
wooden
furniture,
terracotta
floors
and
beamed
ceilings
to
let
the
light
in.
There
are
many
plants
even
inside
the
house.
"Nana
has
designed
each
room
himself
according
to
his
own
basic
style
and
needs.
He
has
hand-picked
every
accessory
or
furnishing
in
his
homes.
His
homes
have
the
bare
essentials
and
mostly
you
won't
find
any
servant
to
open
the
door.
In
his
home,
you
don't
ask
for
tea
but
go
to
the
kitchen
and
make
it
for
yourself
and
Nana.
He
cooks
excellent
meals
made
from
vegetables
grown
at
his
farmhouse.
He
takes
great
pride
in
being
a
farmer."
Apart from vegetables, Nana even rears goats, hens, cows and bullocks at his farmhouse.