# Nana Patekar, 75, dies, Bazmee recounts ‘swear on your mom’ plea 2026-10-08T07:41:48+00:00 | Entertainment | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets Nana Patekar died at 75 on 8 October. He was brought to Manipal Hospital at 4.30 am and declared dead at 5.30 am despite a cardiac massage for up to an hour. The actor had messaged a friend at 2.30 am that he felt unwell, the friend arrived at 4 am to find him sweating and unconscious. A medico-legal case was filed and his body was sent to Goa Medical College for a post-mortem. Filmmaker Anees Bazmee recounted on The Kapil Sharma Show Season 2 how he convinced Patekar to play Uday Shetty in ‘Welcome’ (2007). Patekar initially refused to hear the script, demanding Bazmee ‘swear on your mom’ the role was right. Bazmee narrated for three hours, Patekar embraced him and said, ‘I’m like wet clay, mould me.’ Bazmee called Patekar one of the easiest actors he worked with. Patekar is survived by wife Neelkanti and son Malhar. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Both outlets report the same facts about Nana Patekar's death and Anees Bazmee's narration story, differing only in minor phrasing. Hindustan Times leads with the 'swear on your mom' anecdote in its headline and emphasises the three-hour narration, giving slightly more space to the 'wet clay' quote and Bazmee's defence of Patekar's temperament. Times of India mirrors identical details, including the same quotes and timeline, with no editorial slant. The coverage is uniform straight reporting across both sources. The concrete next step is the post-mortem examination at Goa Medical College, mandated by the medico-legal case filed on 8 October. ## Coverage Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral - hindustantimes.com (neutral report) Relies HT’s own earlier production, identical facts as TOI. Straight news obituary with behind-the-scenes anecdote. - timesofindia.indiatimes.com (neutral report) Mirrors HT’s account with same quotes and timeline. Straight news obituary with no added slant. This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Tags: Anees Bazmee, Goa Medical College, Manipal Hospital, Nana Patekar, The Kapil Sharma Show, Welcome Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/nana-patekar-75-dies-bazmee-recounts-swear-on-your-mom-plea/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/nana-patekar-75-dies-bazmee-recounts-swear-on-your-mom-plea/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/