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Nana Patekar-Manisha Koirala Breakup Reveals His Emotional Confession About Her Absence

By Aditya Nagar | Updated: Sat, 07 Nov 2026, 11:00 AM (IST)
Nana Patekar-Manisha Koirala Breakup Reveals His Emotional Confession About Her Absence

In Bollywood there have been many stories that have captured attention. One such love story was of between late actor Nana Patekar and Manisha Koirala. Many tabloids during the 1990s had frequently published about their offscreen linkups.

Even though both the actors have always tried to kept their personal affair away from the unwanted limelight and avoided giving any statements regarding their personal lives. However, Nana once could no longer hold his emotions and revealed about his breakup with Manisha according to an old interview of him that published in 1997.

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Nana Patekar Manisha Koirala Breakup

The Welcome actor who recently passed away in Goa on October 8, find it difficult to hold back his tears when he spoke about the actress, he was deeply in love with. His words revealed a glimpse of his rough phase of life, even though he didn’t prefer to talk about it in detail.

Nana Patekar 1997 Interview

Nana Patekar Manisha Koirala Breakup: Recalling the 1997 interview, Nana Patekar had once mentioned about the emotional pain he went through when his relationship with Manisha Koirala ended on bad note. He find it hard to express in describing his pain in missing her absence. He requested not to discuss on this issue.

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Talking about their acting careers, both had starred in number of films, and have even shared screen space in films such as Khamoshi (1996), Agni Sakshi (1996), and Yugpurush (1998). Both the actors had gained applause for their stellar performances in these films. Nana was even honoured with the National Film Award for his spectacular acting craft in Agni Sakshi, playing a negative role of a tormenting husband.

Nana Patekar Yugpurush Movie

Yugpurush is considered to be one of the best films of 90s era. The movie starred Nana Patekar, Manisha Koirala, Jackie Shroff, and Ashwini Bhave in key roles. It says that the relationship between the two actors ended on sour note when they working in this film. The movie starred Nana, Manisha, Jackie Shroff, and Ashwini Bhave in key roles. Even though both parted ways, Nana still spoke about Manisha and applauded her acting abilities. He once stated that Manisha possesses an inborn talent, and is a very sensitive actress in the Indian film industry.

Nana Patekar Emotional Confession

Comparing her to a Kasturi Hiran (Musk deer), Nana stated that Manisha needs to realise that she doesn’t have to keep pace with other actors around, as she has it all and that’s more than enough for her.

Other than Nana, Manisha too faced a rough phase in her personal life during the 90s decade. Her memoir titled ‘Healed’ revealed about her struggle in coping up in becoming an alcoholic and going through immense pressure.

Nana Patekar Manisha Koirala Breakup: The Heera Mandi actress once revealed that she preferred vodka as her diet, and to relax her mind from off shoots, she became habitual of drinking. During an interview, Nana did share that he was disturbed in seeing Manisha in such circumstances. He found it hard to control his tears in seeing her in such terrible state.

Nana during that time was married to Neelkanthi Patekar. Through the couple later lived separately but never divorced. On the other side, Manisha’s marriage with businessman Samrat Dahal in 2010, also ended two years later.

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Now after coming to know about Nana’s death, Manisha who was once in a serious relationship with the late actor expressed her condolences and tribute on Instagram, recalling his significance in Indian cinema.

In her post, she mentioned about feeling saddened by the passing of such a great actor and further said that his contribution to Indian cinema, can never be forgotten, and will be remembered always for his exceptional acting craft. Nana who died of cardiac arrest was laid to rest with full State honours in Pune at his farmhouse during night hours.

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