'After my son's death, I started smoking 60 cigarettes a day'

Nana Patekar recently spoke about the difficult situation after the death of his two and a half year old son in an interview. Veteran actor Nana Patekar recently spoke about his personal life in an interview. He said that when his son died, he became addicted to cigarettes.

Nana told that his elder son's health was bad since birth. His name was Durvasa and he died at the age of two and a half years. Nana said, 'He had a problem in one eye which we did not know about.' When I came to know, I felt very bad, I thought what people would think about Nana's son? At that time I did not think what my son would be going through. I was just thinking what people would think about my son. Nana said that he was in shock when his son died. Nana said, 'At that time I used to smoke 60 cigarettes a day, even while bathing, but this was a very bad thing. No one could even sit in my car because of the smell of cigarettes. I do not drink alcohol but I used to smoke a lot.'

Nana further said, 'It was because of my sister that I quit smoking. Actually, one of her sons had also died. One day she saw me coughing after smoking a cigarette and said, 'What else do you want to see happen now?' After hearing this, I quit smoking. Nana married a bank officer Neel at the age of 27. After this, both became parents of two sons. After the death of the elder son Durvasa, Mata Malhar became the father of a son. Talking about the film career of 73-year-old Nana, he has worked in many films including 'Parinda', 'Prahar', 'Tiranga'.