B-town Irresistible Nana – the proud Maharashtrian actor recently gave the unit of his forthcoming ‘Shagird’ a reason to pat his back while the Delhi police clapped.

The story is Nana Patekar's rapport with police made it possible for the maker of 'Shahgird' Tigmanshu Dhullia to receive blanket permission to shoot at delhi’s hot spot locations for important portions of the film which includes India Gate. Because of the good relations Nana Patekar shared with the police, he got blanket permission to shoot at these locations. The long procedures of paper work and permissions were saved, not on this the Delhi Police force extended great help and security towards the veteran actor.

Tigmanshu Dhulia says, “ While shooting for the film I usually found Police to be very warm to Nana Patekar. I thought for a long time it was because they love him as an actor. However later I realised that he had a very special bond and thus permissions never were an hassle for us.”

Not many know the fact that Nana Patekar has studied Figurative Art from J J School of Arts. He has always been very fond of art since childhood and was planning to pursue a career in the same field. Although destiny had something else in store for him and he found himself doing good theatre.

Nana Patekar continued with his sketching in a very productive manner. He started to help the police force and worked closely with them during the Mumbai Riots which was of great help to them. Even post the Mumbai Riots, Nana offered help to the police as and when required. He worked as an undercover cop for the Mumbai Police.

In his upcoming film Shagird, Nana plays the character of ACP Hanumant Singh based in Delhi.

'Shagird', directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia, will showcase Nana at his best and is set to release on the 13th May, 2011.