India, Oct. 8 -- Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan is mourning the death of his friend and co-star Nana Patekar. In a note he penned on Instagram on Thursday, he recalled how Nana once asked him not to lose the actor in him while pursuing a career as a hero. Nana died on October 8 at the age of 75 in Goa due to a cardiac arrest. Shah Rukh's eulogy for him came in the evening.

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Shah Rukh posted a still with Nana from their 1992 film Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman. He recalled shooting with him, writing, "When I first met him, out of awe and awkwardness I fiddled with my hair. He slapped my hand away and said 'hero ki tarah Baal mat bana...tu actor hai'! (Stop fixing your hair like a hero, you're an actor...