Nana Patekar's Unexpected Exit at 'O’Romeo' Event
Nana Patekar’s unexpected exit from the O’Romeo trailer launch in Mumbai has sparked a strong debate about event management, punctuality and basic professional respect.
The veteran actor reportedly reached the venue at about 12:00 pm on 21 January 2026, the scheduled start time, and waited inside the auditorium while the programme kept getting pushed back.
After close to an hour of delay, with no clear start in sight, he chose to walk out, and social media clips show him heading to the exit, pointing at his watch and firmly declining requests to return, a gesture that many viewers have read as a quiet but clear protest against being made to wait so long.
Details from the event paint a picture of a launch that simply ran late on every front. The poster launch and photo-op outside reportedly stretched well beyond the planned schedule, and lead actors Shahid Kapoor and Triptii Dimri are said to have arrived only around 1:30 pm, by which time Nana Patekar had already left the premises.
For an actor known in the industry for valuing punctuality and discipline, being made to sit in a half‑ready hall for nearly an hour felt less like a small hiccup and more like a sign that his time was not being taken seriously.
Many filmgoers and industry watchers have been noting online that if a senior, 75‑year‑old legend can be kept waiting at his own film’s launch, it raises questions about how often this happens to others with less influence.
From the team’s side, director Vishal Bhardwaj chose to address the incident openly rather than ignore it. On stage, he acknowledged that Nana Patekar had indeed been made to wait for about an hour and repeated the actor’s words that he had been kept waiting and was therefore leaving, adding that this blunt honesty is very much part of his nature.
The response from audiences has been mixed but thoughtful: some blame the organisers for poor planning, while others see the moment as a reminder that glamorous Bollywood events still depend on simple basics like starting on time and respecting every artist’s schedule.
Meanwhile, the film O’Romeo itself – an action‑romance starring Shahid Kapoor, Triptii Dimri, Nana Patekar, Tamannaah Bhatia and others – remains on track for its theatrical release on 13 February 2026, and early trade chatter suggests the controversy may only add to curiosity rather than dampen interest.
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