Veteran actor Nana Patekar passed away on October 9 after suffering a cardiac arrest at his home in Goa. Following his death, his mortal remains were brought to his Pune farmhouse, where he was cremated after 11 PM with full state honours. The actor’s son, Malhar Patekar, has now shared the reason behind the final rites being held after sunset. As per Hindu traditions, the cremation is not usually done after sunset.
Why Nana Patekar’s funeral was held at night
Malhar Patekar, while speaking to the media, was asked about the cremation being held late at night despite many Bollywood celebrities wanting to attend the funeral. Malhar explained that the family and his mortal remains were in Goa, and thus, considering the long travel, it took them some time to bring the actor’s mortal reaims to his farmhouse.
He further shared that the actor passed away early in the morning, and a lot of time had already passed. Thus, it wasn’t advisable to keep the mortal remains for long.
He said, “We were in Goa, and his mortal remains were to be brought to the farmhouse in the village. We expected that we would arrive earlier but it took us some time. He passed away early in the morning so a lot of time had already passed and it was not advisable to keep the mortal remains for long. Hence, we had to do the cremation
after the sunset”.
Malhar also spoke about carrying forward his late father’s legacy of social work, saying, “People like him don’t go anywhere, they live forever through the work they are immortal. He always told us one thing that we should get together for humanity and work for the betterment of the world. He used to think on the global level. Our social work covered Maharashtra, pan-India including Jammu and Kashmir, we are doing all our social work there in the education and the health sector. He had already passed on the responsibilities to every single person who deserved it. He had already delegated a lot of work to people who could do justice to it”.
“And, he wanted to start everything from scratch and he wanted to spend his life at a place which demanded something from him in terms of social work. I’ll make sure that whatever unfinished business is there, it gets completed. His dreams and my dreams collectively is to work for the people, I will ensure that it gets done”, he further shared.
Nana Patekar funeral
Nana Patekar was cremated with full state honours at his Donje farmhouse in Pune district on Thursday night, with a 3-gun salute.
The legendary actor’s friends and members of the film fraternity, including Jackie Shroff, directors Anil Sharma, Aneez Bazmee, and producer Firoz Nadiadwala, were seen arriving in Donje to attend his last rites. Similarly, A huge crowd of locals and people from across the state turned up to bid adieu to the departed soul.
Meanwhile, members of the Indian film industry mourned the loss of the actor, expressing grief through social media after learning about his death.