New Delhi: Nana Patekar once diagnosed Shah Rukh Khan with a disease called “loveria“. He also rapped with Bindu, danced with Malaika Arora and shared the stage with Rakhi Sawant.
Patekar, who died Thursday at 75, was best known for his intense roles. But he also appeared in some memorable, and sometimes strange, Hindi film songs.
‘Loveria Hua’ – Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman (1992)
The song opens with Patekar performing on the street. He calls for a tambourine, which magically appears in his hand, and starts playing it. Soon, people gathered around him. He spots Shah Rukh Khan and asks, “Arre, isko kya hua?” His diagnosis is “loveria“, a play on malaria. The cause, of course, is love.
‘Love Rap’ – Krantiveer (1994)
In Krantiveer, Patekar raps and dances with Bindu in Love Rap. Most of the steps were improvised.
In a 2024 interview with The Times of India, Patekar said the choreographer tried teaching him the steps but eventually gave up. “Jo karna hai karo; this is the frame,” he recalled. Do whatever you want, he was told.
Patekar also said that rapper Badshah had once told him he had started the rap trend with the song.
‘Kiya Kiya’ and ‘Hoth Rasiley’ – Welcome (2007)
In Welcome, Patekar is Uday Shetty, a gangster who also wants to be an actor. In ‘Kiya Kiya/Tera Sarappa’, he romances Mallika Sherawat on a film set. She is also secretly romancing Anil Kapoor’s Majnu Bhai. Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif are the third couple in the song.
The song includes a scene in a movie theatre, with Sherawat feeding Patekar popcorn. On the screen, a green animated character begins crying dramatically. Patekar starts sobbing too, and Sherawat consoles him.
In ‘Hoth Rasiley’, Patekar and Kapoor are at a nightclub where Malaika Arora is performing an item number. The two men watch her dance before joining her on the floor.
‘Meet Me Daily Baby’ – Welcome Back (2015)
Patekar and Kapoor return as Uday Shetty and Majnu Bhai in Welcome Back. Both are trying to romance Babita, played by Ankita Shrivastava. She and her mother, played by Dimple Kapadia, are pretending to be royalty to con the two men.
‘Meet Me Daily Baby’ is essentially Kiya Kiya 2.0. Patekar buys Babita a car, while Kapoor gifts her expensive jewellery. The song was shot in Dubai, with the Burj Khalifa appearing in some of the scenes.
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‘Nathani Utaro’ – Horn ‘Ok’ Pleassss (2009)
Patekar plays a truck driver in Horn ‘Ok’ Pleassss, and Muzammil Ibrahim plays a younger man he befriends. In ‘Nathani Utaro’, the two go to a dance performance. Patekar is wearing a kurta and dhoti, and Rakhi Sawant is on stage.
He watches for a while, then gets on stage and dances with her.
Tanushree Dutta was originally supposed to feature in the song but was replaced by Sawant after she accused Patekar of sexually harassing her on the set. Patekar denied the allegations.
(Edited by Ratan Priya)