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Prateik Babbar reveals Shabana Azmi-Javed Akhtar wanted to adopt him after mother Smita Patil's death: 'I could've been Farhan Akhtar's...'
Prateik Smita Patil is currently enjoying the success of HIT: The Third Case, in which he played the lead antagonist read more
Smita Patil and Raj Babbar's son Prateik Patil, who recently adopted his mother's name as Prateik Smita Patil, revealed that Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar were ready to adopt him after the demise of his mother.
'I recently found out Shabana (Azmi) ji and Javed (Akhtar) sahab wanted to adopt me after my mother passed away. It was kind of complicated. I could've been Farhan's (Akhtar) stepbrother. I find these new things about me all the time. Aur kya hai, batao (what else is there, tell me). It's also very overwhelming. Ye hota toh main pata nahi kaisi zindagi jee raha hota (If this had happened, I don't know what kind of a life I'd be leading now)," Prateik told Zoom.
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'There are many things I hear about me as a child. There was a custody fight for me in my childhood. I was so little, just crying, I had no idea what was happening with me. People wanted to adopt me," he continued.
'I'm very grateful for all the love she gets, and all the goodwill she has in the industry, among all her colleagues and friends. Shabana ji was definitely one of them, along with Javed sahab. Amit ji (Amitabh Bachchan) has always been very kind and supportive. I think everybody from her time, everybody she shared upon with, Naseer sahab (Naseeruddin Shah), Ratna (Pathak Shah) ji, the late great Shyam Benegal obviously. That was a different era. I recently found out about myself, I was conceived on the sets of Mirch Masala (1987)," the actor shared.
Prateik is currently enjoying the success of HIT: The Third Case, in which he played the lead antagonist. The survival action-thriller featured Nani, Srinidhi Shetty, Surya Srinivas, Rao Ramesh, Komalee Prasad, Nepoleon and others in prominent roles.
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