A video of late actor Nana Patekar is going viral on social media (here, here, and here) amid the Cockroach Janata Party’s protest at Jantar Mantar. In the video, Patekar apologises to a man named Abhijeet before speaking in Marathi. The video is being shared with claims that Patekar was apologising to CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke for not attending an event and was supposed to accompany him to the protest at Jantar Mantar. Let’s verify the truth behind the video in this article.

The archived post can be found here.

Claim: The video shows late actor Nana Patekar apologising to CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke for not attending the protest at Jantar Mantar.

Fact: The video shows late actor Nana Patekar apologising to Marathi film producer Abhijeet Gholap for missing the NAFA Marathi Film Festival. Gholap, who produced the 2011 Marathi film Deool, shared the video on his Instagram account on 8 October 2026, stating that Patekar was unable to attend the festival. The video is unrelated to CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke or the protest at Jantar Mantar. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.

After reviewing the video with Google’s NotebookLM tool, we found that Nana Patekar speaks in Marathi, apologises to Abhijeet, and regrets not attending an event. Addressing Abhijeet, he says, “It was great working with you in the film Deool.”

Deool is a 2011 Marathi film in which Nana Patekar acted, and Abhijeet Gholap produced it. This suggests that Patekar was referring to Abhijeet Gholap in the video, not CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke. Patekar also praises Sonali Kulkarni, who acted in the film.

Further search revealed that Abhijeet Gholap had posted the video of Nana Patekar on his Instagram account (archived) on 08 October 2026. In the caption, he wrote, “Nana was unable to attend the NAFA Marathi Film Festival, and he promised he would definitely come this year. We will miss you very much.” In a Facebook post, he wrote, “Nana, you missed your visit. Now we will just keep waiting.”

Abhijeet Gholap is the founder of the North American Film Association (NAFA), which was established to promote Marathi films in North America. According to the organisation’s website, Gholap founded NAFA to bring together actors, directors, choreographers, singers, cinematographers and editors to create Marathi films, web series and documentaries based on local stories and subjects in North America.

To sum up, this viral video shows Nana Patekar apologising to film producer Abhijeet Gholap, not CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke.