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Nana Patekar Passes Away on Tirangaa Co-Star Raaj Kumar's Centenary Birthday
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Moneycontrol•08-10-2026, 20:22
Nana Patekar Passes Away on Tirangaa Co-Star Raaj Kumar's Centenary Birthday
- •Veteran actor Nana Patekar passed away at the age of 75 following a cardiac arrest at his home in Goa.
- •His death on October 8, 2026, coincided with the 100th birth anniversary of his late Tirangaa co-star Raaj Kumar.
- •Nana Patekar and Raaj Kumar famously shared the screen in the hit 1993 patriotic action drama Tirangaa directed by Mehul Kumar.
- •The article also highlights another Bollywood coincidence involving the death of Dharmendra on the birth anniversary of screenwriter Salim Khan.
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Nana Patekar passed away on October 8, 2026, which marked the 100th birth anniversary of his former Tirangaa co-star, Raaj Kumar, who was born on October 8, 1926.
Nana Patekar and Raaj Kumar starred together in the 1993 patriotic action drama film Tirangaa, directed by Mehul Kumar, where they played Inspector Shivajirao Wagle and Brigadier Suryadev Singh respectively.
Another notable Hindi cinema coincidence involves Dharmendra, who died on November 24, 2025—the exact same date as veteran screenwriter Salim Khan's birth anniversary.
