Life between overs

Unearthing Bollywood & Cricket stories, one by one. 🏏🎬

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Everyone knows her as Nana Patekar’s wife. But her own story gets really interesting.

She cracked IIT exam, but then she made a critical decision that changed the course of her life. 👇

Neelakanti Patekar studied Physics, and her father wanted her to pursue a conventional academic career.

She appeared for the IIT entrance examination and cleared it.

But acting was already pulling her towards theatre.

She chose the stage.

In 1973, she won the Gold Medal for Best Actress at the Maharashtra State Drama Competition.

She later moved into Marathi cinema and won the Maharashtra State Government’s Best Actress award for Aatm Vishwas in 1989.

She married Nana Patekar in 1978.

Their marriage brought both happiness and devastating loss. Their first child died at around two and a half years old, and they later had their son, Malhar.

Over the years, Neelakanti and Nana began living separately, though they remained married.

After years away from acting, she returned to the screen in Chhaava in 2025, playing Dharau.

For years, the public knew her mainly through her connection to Nana Patekar.

But she had built an identity of her own long before that.

She had cleared IIT…

But she chose theatre instead.

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@WorldOfAjeet That’s amazing!! Thanks for sharing. ♥️

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Everyone knows Kapil Dev as the great Indian all-rounder. 🏏

But very few in “today's age” will be able to recognize this bowler who used to make valuable contributions with the bat.

Let’s see who gets it right! 👇

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@imabhi0005 PO but not Post Office 🏤

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@SagarH62 Those days Australia would not leave any stone unturned, and Steve always had a great tactical mind. No wonder people admire him a lot.

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@BabajiSutar3 Such a painful reminder of the lives and futures stolen by terrorism and the grief left behind for loved ones.

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Her daughter broke the CDs of her own mother’s films. The reason was heartbreaking: she thought that her mother’s work was shameful.

But what this Bollywood actress revealed about the criticism she faced from her own family was even more painful.

Deepshikha Nagpal, who worked with Shah Rukh Khan in Koyla and Baadshah, revealed how deeply she was affected by the backlash she faced for playing bold and negative roles.

After Baadshah, she said she was offered mostly negative characters. But the judgment she faced off-screen hurt even more.

Her own relatives criticised her choices. They told her that her children might stop respecting her because of the roles she played.

Deepshikha recalled feeling so ashamed that she began questioning why she had ever worked in films like Koyla and Baadshah.

Then came a detail that hurt her even more.

“My daughter used to break Koyla CDs,” she recalled.

The constant criticism affected her psychologically. She said she began feeling like a failure as an actor and in her personal life.

For a long time, she kept her work to herself, afraid of being judged again.

But acting eventually became her escape. It helped her heal and continue working despite the pain she had carried.

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@BabajiSutar3 Some faces become inseparable from the songs of an era, and Suman Ranganathan’s appearance in that 90s hit still brings back a wave of nostalgia.

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@imabhi0005 He dance down the track was so eye-catching

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@bhanwala_k38130 Aah, Vaibhav will be unlucky but he will have to miss out.

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@BabajiSutar3 Looks very familiar to me 😉

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@SagarH62 @HaydosTweets That’s why Richie’s commentary used to be pure gold

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@Cricketmythos Yes, but the last few seasons have been quite below par for them. So this urgency is understood.

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@bagga_buntyy1 What a memorable turn of events! Imagine going to a film set to treat an actor and leaving with a scene alongside the lead star.

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@Mohammedwasima3 Not him, he is not from Pakistan 🇵🇰

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This mystery bowler had serious pace, could swing the ball, and his yorkers were a nightmare for batters.

His face might not be visible here, but real cricket fans won’t even need it.

Who is he?👇🧠

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@BabajiSutar3 Not sure who he is

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Mahima Chaudhry’s debut film made her a star. But what followed was a legal battle that she says cost her several film offers. ❤️‍🩹

After Pardes (1997), Mahima found herself in court over a contractual dispute involving Mukta Arts, the production company behind the film.

She later revealed that she was dropped from several projects because people believed she was still under contract with the company.

“There were so many films I was thrown out of, because it was said that she is under contract with Mukta, which wasn’t true,” she recalled in a conversation with Siddharth Kannan.

The dispute took a toll on her career. Then, in 1999, she suffered a serious car accident while shooting Dil Kya Kare. She recalled that 67 tiny pieces of glass had to be removed from her face.

With her career disrupted and her recovery ahead of her, she spent a year at home.

Yet she eventually returned to films, taking on projects including Lajja and working with filmmakers such as Priyadarshan and Rajkumar Santoshi.

Mahima’s story reveals how quickly a promising Bollywood career can be derailed by a legal dispute, industry perceptions and circumstances beyond an actor’s control.

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@JosephEdmundKe1 Shane Bond

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@JosephEdmundKe1 That's not a bad guess at all. But this bowler had a short career due to injuries.

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@AKCricTalks This man looks like a super versatile wicket keeper batter

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@Manzurshaban123 All good things come to an end, and Mumbai Indians seems desperate for a change.