Shooters join Nana Patekar’s fan brigade
24 February 2007 | Actors | 1 Comment
His acting prowess may have earned film star Nana Patekar millions of fans but it's his shooting skills with the gun that have made him quite popular in sports circles. His obsession with the gun has made the star of many Bollywood films like 'Ab Tak Chhappan' and 'Krantiveer' a big hit among some of the top shooters of the country like Raunak Pandit, Avneet Kaur Sidhu and Anuja Jung.
'He (Patekar) is a just a wonderful man to deal with. When he takes part in any tournament he is just like any other shooter,' Pandit told IANS on the sidelines of the ongoing 33rd National Games here. 'Nana is very down to earth and when you sit down with him and talk he will never make you feel that he is some kind of a superstar.'
The Bollywood actor has been taking part in many national tournaments in the past 12 months and also won a silver medal in the rifle prone (big bore) 300-metre event in the 14th G.V. Mavlankar shooting championship last year and qualified for the National Shooting Championships last year in Indore.
In the nationals he failed to make a mark but won the hearts of fellow shooters. ….read more
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hi Nana myself manish from Punjab . i am also a shooter .i attended two times G V mahavlanker shooting champianship at Chatesgarh . i love shooting and iam proud to be a shooter . best of luckkkkkkkkkkkkkkk