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After Smita Patil’s passing, Prateek Babbar grew up in the shadow of Bollywood stars. He got a mother -like love from Shabana Azmi, then Bollywood made her sit on the collections. But, his relationship with father Raj Babbar got angry …Read more
New Delhi: Prateek is the sons of Babbar, Raj Babbar and Smita Patil. He had told at the beginning of the year that he has stopped using the surname of his father Raj Babbar. Now he will be known as Prateek Smita Patil to honor his mother’s legacy. Now, at the Instagram post of Varinder Chawla, the actor explained the reason for his family’s custody and finally changing his name. (Photo courtesy: Instagram@_Prat@Smitapatilbabbar)
Actor Prateek Babbar said, ‘I have a name symbol from birth. There was a fight between my mother’s family and my father’s family. My mother’s family won. Still the fight for the surname continued. Finally, my name in the passport was ‘Prateek Smit Babbar’. (Photo courtesy: Instagram@_Prat)
Prateek Babbar further said, ‘Therefore, my name was’ Prateek Smit Babbar’. Everyone in school thought that I am a Christian because they thought- why Smit? Nobody cared for ‘Babbar’ surname. Everyone used to call me Smit. (Photo courtesy: Instagram@Smitapatilbabbar)
The actor further wrote, ‘My name in my first film was Prateek Babbar and then Satan dominated me and I started thinking’ Who is mother? Who is the father? ‘ Then I thought, ‘I don’t want to be Patil, I do not want to be Babbar. I just want to be a symbol. (Photo courtesy: Instagram@_Prat)
The actor was just a symbol for some films, as he was angry with his parents. He said, ‘I felt that I do not want to have a connection with them. They have only hurt me all my life. I do not want to feel associated with them and then I continued with the symbol. (Photo courtesy: Instagram@_Prat)
Talking about changing his name, the actor said, ‘I had to adopt that name, it makes me complete. Now I am complete, I feel complete. (Photo courtesy: Instagram@Smitapatilbabbar)
Prateek’s wife Priya told him, ‘Prateek is his debt on you. They gave their lives for you, they have their debt. You are his son. The wife’s talk suggested the symbol. He said, this is what I should be. (Photo courtesy: Instagram@Smitapatilbabbar)
Prateek made his debut in 2008 with the film ‘Jaane Tu … Ya Jaane Na’. He has played a memorable role in films like ‘Dum Maro Dum’, ‘Reservation’. He did a great job in successful films like ‘Baaghi 2’, ‘Chichore’. (Photo courtesy: Instagram@_Prat)
