, Oct. 8 -- Veteran actor and filmmaker Nana Patekar died of cardiac arrest at his home in Goa on Thursday morning at the age of 75.

According to Dr Shekhar Salkar, head of the oncology department at Manipal Hospital in Goa, Patekar messaged a friend around 2:30am saying that he was not feeling well. As it was late at night, the friend did not notice the message immediately. Patekar later called him, prompting the friend to go to his home at around 4am.

By then, Patekar was reportedly sweating heavily and had started losing consciousness. His caretaker was sent to the hospital to bring an ambulance, and an emergency medical team soon arrived at the actor's residence.

Patekar was taken to Manipal Hospital at around 4:20am to 4:30am. Doc...