Archive · 8 Oct 2026
Nana Patekar Said He and Son Malhar Were Like Friends
Nana Patekar talked about how he raised his son, Malhar.
He said he did not want to treat Malhar with the same strictness he experienced as a child.
He remembered stopping his own father, painter Dinkar Patekar, when his father was about to hit him.
Nana said he never hit Malhar.
As Malhar grew up and began working as a film producer, the two became more like friends.
Nana Patekar said he consciously avoided repeating the strictness he experienced as a child.
He recalled an incident in which he stopped his father, painter Dinkar Patekar, from hitting him.
Patekar said he had never raised his hand against his son, Malhar.
He described his relationship with Malhar as resembling friendship.
Malhar was an adult and working as a film producer when their relationship had evolved into that friendship.
- Who
- Actor Nana Patekar, his son Malhar, and his father, painter Dinkar Patekar.
- What
- Patekar described avoiding harsh discipline with Malhar and said their relationship became like friendship.
- When
- The account describes events from Patekar's childhood and later years, but gives no specific dates.
- Why
- Patekar said he consciously avoided repeating the strictness he had experienced as a child.
Strict upbringing
Friend-like parenting
Discipline between generations
Strict upbringing
Patekar recalled experiencing strictness as a child and an incident in which his father was about to hit him.
Friend-like parenting
Patekar said he consciously avoided repeating that strictness and never raised his hand against Malhar.
Father-son relationship
Strict upbringing
The account describes Patekar's childhood relationship with his father through a physical-discipline incident.
Friend-like parenting
Patekar said his relationship with his adult son Malhar came to resemble friendship.
- Father
- Dinkar Patekar, a painter
- Son
- Malhar
- Patekar's account
- He said he had never raised his hand against Malhar.
- Relationship
- Patekar described his relationship with Malhar as being like friends.
- Malhar's work
- He was working as a film producer as an adult.