Talking about her relationship with Nana Patekar, Disha said, ”Nana Sir is like family to me. He was one of the first people to see me when I was born. Working with him on Raajneeti was a different experience as I was a costume assistant then and in those days ran around the set to take costume continuity pictures. And he was always very thorough with his continuity; of any costume in the way he held his glasses, which hand, which side his angrakha was. Sometimes I would have to go recheck the pictures but before I could confirm, he always knew which hand he was holding. His sense of perfection and focus on the set has remained with me and been a big influence on me.”
On working with him as a producer, Disha added, “Now, during ‘Sankalp’ shoot too, it was not very different. Here I used to watch the young costume assistants get confused with continuity but he always knew his continuity.” Dishaa further shared, “He is still a child at heart, he likes to be among people. I would hardly see him go back to his vanity. He used to eat with everyone on the set. And always checked if everyone had eaten including the spot boys. He loved to sit and joke with the ADs and of course, while he loved his food, also he enjoyed cooking – he used to cook mutton very fondly, and he used to make it very often for the entire team – the ADs, technicians, and his co-actors. For me, it’s always a pleasure to collaborate with actors whom I have grown up around. It doesn’t feel like work at all. We shot with Nana sir for about 30 days but we had so much fun, that the time just flew by and before we knew it he was leaving the set at the schedule wrap.”
Nana Patekar makes rare public appearance; gets clicked in Juhu