Archive · 8 Oct 2026
Nana Patekar Fed Guests Mutton, Then Asked Them to Wash Dishes
Actor Paresh Rawal shared a story about visiting Nana Patekar’s home.
Patekar served a producer mutton, then asked him to wash the dishes.
Patekar also said he enjoys cooking for many people.
He gives people jobs like chopping and peeling ingredients so they can help.
Mutton is one of his favourite things to cook.
On a film shoot in Shimla, he cooked for a large group and served the food himself.
He also remembered Raaj Kumar tasting a banana-flower dish made by Patekar’s mother.
Raaj Kumar thought it was keema and liked it.
Paresh Rawal recalled that a producer who ate mutton at Nana Patekar’s home was told to wash the dishes afterward.
Patekar said he could cook for as many as 200 people and assigned helpers tasks such as chopping and peeling.
He named mutton paya, keema kaleji and bheja among his specialities, and said he made his own spice blends.
During a shoot in Shimla with around 200 to 250 people, he said he cooked something for the unit every four days and enjoyed serving it.
Patekar recalled that Raaj Kumar mistook his mother’s banana-flower sabzi for keema and praised it.
- Who
- Nana Patekar, Paresh Rawal, a producer, and Raaj Kumar.
- What
- Rawal recounted Patekar asking a producer to wash dishes after serving him mutton; Patekar also shared stories about cooking for film crews and Raaj Kumar.
- When
- The accounts were shared in interviews; dates are not specified.
- Where
- Patekar’s home and a film shoot in Shimla.
- Why
- Patekar said he enjoys cooking for large groups and serving them.
Patekar’s recollection
Raaj Kumar’s impression
What the dish was
Patekar’s recollection
Patekar said his mother’s dish was banana-flower sabzi, not keema.
Raaj Kumar’s impression
Raaj Kumar reportedly praised it as keema and did not accept Patekar’s correction.
- Producer anecdote
- After the producer ate mutton at Patekar’s home, Patekar told him to clean the dishes, according to Paresh Rawal.
- Cooking capacity
- Patekar said he could cook for 200 people at one time.
- Mutton specialities
- Mutton paya, keema kaleji and bheja.
- Shimla film unit
- Patekar recalled a unit of around 200 to 250 people.
- Cooking frequency
- He said he made something for the unit every four days.
- Banana-flower dish
- Raaj Kumar reportedly mistook Patekar’s mother’s banana-flower sabzi for keema.