He’s an insatiable traveler. And makes no bones about the fact that life is a journey to collect material for the roles he plays. “Acting, earlier in dramas then films, has always been a passion. And now there’s a shooting of another kind. I won a bronze medal at the state level for my gun-shooting. So I enjoy both the shootings. Whatever I do I’ve to do with equal passion. Even if I’m hanging up curtains I’ve to make sure they hang well,” Nana chuckles.
He divides his time between Mumbai and Pune. “I like to travel. I like to meet people. It helps me grow as an actor. I feel I’m now enjoying my work much more than before. I thoroughly enjoyed my work in Apaharan and Taxi No 9211. And of course Bluff Master was great fun. He was a weird kind of villain.”
Nana is the happiest while talking about his son Malhar. “He’s interested in cinematography, direction and writing. Since I’m doing a film with Rohit Shetty for Ramesh Sippy. He may come there with me to assist Rohit. He has already assisted Amol Palekar and Chitra Palekar on two different projects. And Malhar is an amazing dancer. You know what an amazing dancer I am?” Nana is at his ironical best. “I’ve left a choice of career to him. When I started, I had to think of everything including a buying a house. Malhar can take it easy. He can do what he wants. All I want him is to have the right values.”
