Meet the star, he quit Bollywood on his mountain top to serve the Indian army, fought in the Kagill War, lost 20 kilograms, and returned to the movie three years later, he has…
After the Indian-Pak conflict and Operation Sindor, it was about the return of the only Bollywood star who served the Indian army during the Kagill War.
Bollywood star serving Indian army during the Kagill War
We love watching heroes fight against it on the big screen and win on the big screen. The actors who take us to an imaginative world are artists, not real heroes. Today, we will discuss an actor, who may be the only Bollywood actor to serve the Indian army during the crisis. He didn’t spend hours, days, weeks or months, but he spent years serving the armed forces and became a cheerleader during the Kagill War. The actor was part of an elite force, part of a quick response team, living with soldiers during the Cargill War for more than two weeks.
The actors who served the Indian army during the Kagil War were…
National award-winning actor Nana Patekar lived and trained for three years with the army’s Marathi light infantry in the early 1990s while writing the film Prahaar. Nana recalls his military era while appearing in Kaun Banega Crorepati 16. The Krantiveer actor said he reached out with senior officials to join the army in front when the Cargill war broke out, but he was denied. He was told that only the Secretary of Defense could approve it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4vn9qvlfaa
How did Nana convince the Secretary of Defense?
Nana said in KBC: “I know our Secretary of Defense George Fernandes Ji, so I called him. Even if he said it was impossible. I told him that even if the commissioned training was six months, I had three years of training. He was surprised and asked me about it. After learning about my experience at Maratha Light Subtry, he asked when I wanted to go?” Nana spent two weeks in front of the LOC in August 1999, helping soldiers and even working in the hospital at the base for a few days.
During the Kagill War, Nana was part of the fast-response team, and he even lost 20 kilograms during that term. Nana recalls the situation and says, “When I arrived in Srinap, I was 76 kg. By the time I came back, I was 56 kg.” Nana began to restore work in the film since the late 1990s. On the job side, he appeared in Anil Sharma’s Vanvaas for the last time.
