Nana Patekar’s Son: A 38-39-Year Bond, Not a Broken Home
Malhar Patekar says the 2018 case is closed, denies family rift rumours, and shares why his father chose social work over films.
Nana Patekar’s son Malhar has finally addressed the two stories that have followed the actor’s death: Tanushree Dutta’s old allegations resurfacing, and rumours about the Patekar family itself.
In a conversation with Hindustan Times, Malhar did not name Dutta, but his message was unambiguous. The case people keep bringing up is over, he said, adding that the judiciary had cleared it. “The truth will remain the truth,” he said, and offered a blessing rather than a fight.
What Malhar said about the old case
Tanushree Dutta first made allegations against Nana Patekar during India’s #MeToo wave in 2018, pointing to behaviour she says happened on the set of Horn OK Pleasss. She repeated the claim after Patekar died on October 8 in Goa, and called him “evil dead.”
Malhar’s response was short and careful. He said the matter had concluded, that the judiciary had cleared it, and that he had nothing further to say to “such people.” The truth would stay the truth, and he wished them well.
The family rumours he wants to end
Several viral reports had claimed Nana Patekar and Neelakanti Patekar were separated and that this caused problems at home. Malhar pushed back hard: he grew up in a loving family, his parents shared a 38-39-year bond, and not posting family photographs on Instagram never meant they did not bond.
He also shut down the idea that his father was unwell or alone in his final days. “He was never alone,” Malhar said, and described a fitness routine of two and a half hours in the gym that, in his words, even youngsters could not manage.
Why the late actor chose fewer films
Malhar linked his father’s selective film choices to a need for evolution. He said Nana took Khamoshi to show he could deliver without the heavy dialogue he was known for, and that he believed an actor’s work should never become repetitive.
What kept him happy at the end was social work:
- Bringing schools to Kashmir
- Working for farmers
- Planning his own stories instead of repeating old roles
Malhar said that social work is now his own “prerogative” too. Nana Patekar died after a heart attack in Goa and was cremated with state honours at his Pune farmhouse.
Why the response matters
For fans, this is not just family news. It is a boundary. It is a quiet lesson in posthumous reputation management: acknowledge the question without reopening it, then redirect to the life and the work. Whether the public moves on is another matter.
Source: India Today
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