Nana Patekar Education:Veteran Bollywood actor Nana Patekar passed away on Thursday morning. Nana Patekar, known for his style and outspokenness, is now a distant memory. It is said that childhood and education play a very important role in shaping a person. Nana Patekar also has a similar story. His childhood was spent in conflict. At the age of 13, he started his career by painting movie posters. In his youth, he studied and completed a diploma in commercial arts, but with luck and hard work, Nana Patekar completed the journey from a brilliant film star to a successful social worker.
Come, learn about Nana Patekar’s education in this episode. Find out why he had to do this at the age of 13. It will be known how much was his first salary. For example, we will know about their primary to higher education. We will know from where Nana Patekar took his Diploma in Commercial Arts. You will also learn about this diploma.
Educated from Samarth School, had to get a job at the age of 13 for this reason
A child named Vishwanath Patekar was born on 1 January 1951 in Murud-Janjira, Raigad district of Maharashtra, but later Vishwanath Patekar became extinct and Nana Patekar emerged. That is, Vishwanath Patekar’s name has become Nana Patekar.
Nana Patekar’s childhood was full of struggles. There was financial shortage in the family. Nana Patekar studied at Samarth School in Mumbai, but continuing his studies was challenging. When Nana Patekar was 13 years old, studying in the 9th standard, his father’s business closed down. The financial condition of the family became dire. In this situation, Nana Patekar started working to support the family and continue his studies. While continuing his studies, he started painting cutouts and movie posters on the streets of Mumbai. By doing this, he completed his schooling from Samarth School in Mumbai.
Also painted zebra crossings on roads, then got a diploma in commercial arts
Continuing his studies, Nana Patekar started working at the age of 13, under which, after school, he would go to the Chunabhatti area of Mumbai and paint film posters, cut-outs and billboards. Along with this, he has also done the work of painting the zebra crossings on the roads. In return for this work, he was getting a salary of 35 rupees per month.
It was from here that Nana Patekar was inclined towards art. After completing 12th, Nana Patekar did a Diploma in Commercial Arts from Sir JJ Institute of Applied Art, a prestigious college in Mumbai. Based on this diploma, he briefly worked as a commercial artist and visualizer in an advertising agency, after which he entered the film world.
What is commercial art?
Nowadays commercial art means graphic designing. In this age of computers and software, commercial artists work as per the needs of clients or companies, who work on visual communication and digital art, but in Nana Patekar’s time, a commercial artist’s job was to create posters, banners and paints.
