He acted in movies such as Mohre (1987) and Salaam
Bombay! (1988) and was noticed by the mainstream
Bollywood industry for his portrayal of the villain in
the 1989 film, Parinda. He was awarded the Filmfare
Best Supporting Actor Award for the role. He also won
the Filmfare Best Villain Award in 1992 for Angaar. In
the movie Ab Tak Chappan (2005) he plays a police
officer whose main task is to rid the streets of
underworld dons. In 1994 he won the National Film Award
for Best Actor for his performance in Krantiveer
(1994). He also won the Filmfare Award and the Star
Screen Awards in the best actor category. Patekar has
played various type of roles. He has played the
occasional villain but has played a hero in most of his
films. He played a truant, gambling son in Krantiveer
(1994), a wife beater in Agni Sakshi (1996), a deaf and
dumb father to his then off-screen lover Manisha
Koirala in Khamoshi: The Musical (1996) and a
schizophrenic in Wajood (1998). He has also played some
villainous roles. Patekar has also done Comic roles in
the recent film Welcome (2007) in which he plays a
powerful crime lord who once desired to be an actor in
films. He turned director with his movie Prahaar: The
Final Attack co-starring Madhuri Dixit. His other films
as an actor include Hu Tu Tu and Bluff Master. For his
performance in Apaharan, he received the Filmfare Best
Villain Award as well as the Star Screen Award Best
Villain. He is going to be in Sangeeth Sivan's next
film, which is a remake of the Telugu film Athadu(2005)
and as the character Anjaneya Prasad (CBI Officer),
Which was originally played by Prakash Raj. Patekar
has also done some playback singing in the films
Yeshwant (1997), Wajood (1998) and Aanch (2003). He
has an honorary Captain's Rank from Indian Army. He
underwent training for his role as a Army officer in
the movie Prahaar. He was thus awarded the rank. He
joined the Territorial Army (India) in early
90s.[citation needed] At the age of 54 he took up the
sport of rifle shooting.[citation needed] He qualified
for the G.V. Malvankar Championships.

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