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Entertainment ₹2 Crore Film Fee? Remembering when Nana Patekar Took Just ₹1/Day - Donated All to Maharashtra Farmers & 26/11 Heroes

₹2 Crore Film Fee? Remembering when Nana Patekar Took Just ₹1/Day - Donated All to Maharashtra Farmers & 26/11 Heroes

While stars chase crore cheques, Nana Patekar pocketed a single rupee - and handed his heart to farmers and forgotten heroes. Picture a film set buzzing, crew expecting the big boss to demand lakhs. Instead, Nana Patekar shrugs, signs for one rupee a day. All earnings? Straight to drought-crushed Maharashtra farmers through Naam Foundation. No fanfare. Just quiet fury at their plight. The Drought That Broke Hearts Nana Patekar's NAAM Foundation for affected farmers raises Rs 80 lakh on first day Maharashtra parched - Vidarbha, Marathwada farmers dropping like flies, debts swallowing dreams. Nana, with buddy Makarand Anaspure, starts Naam. Day one: Rs 80 lakh pours in. They hand Rs 15,000 cheques, blankets, meds to 230 suicides' kin in Nanded, Parbhani. Later, 85 more families get aid in Osmanabad. Simple math: one cheque at a time, and the lives stitch back. Why him? Nana Patekar said that his organisation has ...

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