Prateik Babbar – son of the famous Bollywood actor Raj Babbar – is an Indian actor and martial artist who predominantly appears in Hindi films. Prior to his screen debut, Babbar appeared in television advertisements for a variety of products, including Nestle KitKat. Babbar made his screen debut with the 2008 coming of age drama Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na. Babbar played a variety of roles in 2011, appearing in commercially viable projects such as the crime thriller Dum Maaro Dum and the political drama Aarakshan. Following a number of box-office failures, he had his biggest successes with the thriller Baaghi 2 (2018), the comedy Chhichhore (2019) and the action drama film Darbar (2020).
Today, he revealed in a statement that his new name will appear in his films from now on. He also called his decision ‘part superstitious, part sentimental’. His statement read, “With the blessings of my father and my entire family, my late maternal grandparents, and my late mother, I have decided to add my mother’s last name as my middle name, giving birth to my new screen name ‘Prateik Patil Babbar’. When my name appears in film credits or anywhere for that matter, I want it to be a reminder to myself, the people, & the audience of her extraordinary & remarkable legacy, of my legacy. A reminder of her brilliance & greatness.”
Prateik added, “My mother will be a part of each and every endeavor I put my energies into, not that she wasn’t a part of before. But having her last name as part of my name just solidifies the sentiment. It’ll be 37 years this year since she left us, gone but not forgotten. I will make sure she is never forgotten. Smita Patil will live on through my name.. quite literally.”
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