{
  "id": 13456717,
  "title": "Here's Why Nana Patekar, Sunny Deol And Many More Actors Chose Homes In Serene Locales Over The Hustle Bustle Of Big Cities",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/heres-why-nana-patekar-sunny-deol-and-many-more-actors-chose-homes-in",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-10T15:28:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/heres-why-nana-patekar-sunny-deol-and-many-more-actors-chose-homes-in-serene-locales-over-the-hustle-bustle-of-big-cities"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Actor Nana Patekar chose to live in a secluded farm house near Pune called Nanachi Wadi instead of the hustle and bustle of Mumbai. He believed that those who wanted to work with him would always find him, regardless of where he was. Sunny Deol, another actor, made Manali his home for the last six to seven years, renting three properties to maintain his privacy. Mithun Chakraborty spent around 15 years in Ooty, shooting and running a resort for film units. In the 1960s, Marlon Brando owned a private island near Tahiti where he could enjoy seclusion while working on films. Daniel Day Lewis has lived in Ireland since 1997, where he indulges in woodworking and cobbling. Many Bollywood actors, especially actresses, prefer to stay away from addresses outside Mumbai due to insecurity and fear of being out of sight.",
  "summary": "Nana Patekar’s death on October 8 at his Goa home threw up an interesting side to the Indian superstar-filmmaker. From the start of his career four decades ago, Nana chose to walk a path less trodden by other insecure actors. He appeared on a set for work and disappeared quietly into the woodwork after pack-up! Whether he was on his 27-acre farm house at Donje, near Pune, famously called Nanachi…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}