Amol Kolhe, Nana Patekar
Actor Nana Patekar on Saturday defended NCP MP Amol Kolhe, who is facing flak for playing Nathuram Godse in the upcoming film, saying an artiste has the right to choose a role. He himself played the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi in a TV series many years ago, he reminisced.
“Kolhe did that role when he was in some other party, and (NCP chief) Sharad Pawar has said it before. Not many people know this, but I played Nathuram in (British TV series) about 30 years ago. Godse in “Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy”, Patekar told reporters here.
“Does this mean I support (the character’s) views? I’m an artist, and I’ve got the role. It’s an artist’s choice. When someone supports that character’s ideology, ask questions.” But for an artist, it is his bread and butter,” he said.
Actor-politician Kolhe will be seen as Gandhi’s assassin in the film “Why I Killed Gandhi”, directed by Ashok Tyagi.
The film was shot in 2017. Kolhe, who started his political innings with Shiv Sena, had joined the NCP in 2019.
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