Prateik Babbar Missing From Raksha Bandhan Celebrations, Juhi Babbar Says ‘Life Goes On…'
Raj Babbar's daughter Juhi Babbar has shared some lovely pictures with her brother Arya Babbar as the brother-sister duo celebrated Raksha Bandhan together. While they seemed joyful in the photos, Juhi expressed her sadness over her half-brother Prateik Babbar's absence during the Rakhi celebrations this year. Acknowledging his absence, Juhi wrote that a part of her heart still feels incomplete without Prateik. She then added that the bond of blood remains unbreakable, and that nothing can ever change it.
Juhi Babbar took to her Instagram account to share a series of photos from her Raksha Bandhan celebration with Arya Babbar and their cousins. Prateik Babbar was nowhere to be seen in the photos, and while she did not directly mention his absence, she wrote that the celebration feels 'incomplete'. 'Some celebrations are full…and some feel incomplete. Today is Raksha Bandhan, and while the joy is here, a part of my heart is still missing," she wrote.
She further added, 'But life goes on…and NOTHING can change the bond of blood. True blood remains, always (grace | resilience | love) #RakshaBandhan2025 #FamilyTies #TrueBlood #BrotherSisters #BabbarandSonis." Her husband Anup Soni was also seen in the pictures. Check out her post below!
Prateik is the son of Raj Babbar and the late Smita Patil. Raj married Smita while still married to Nadira Babbar, with whom he has two children—Juhi and Arya Babbar. While Prateik has been seen with his half-siblings and father on various occasions, he decided to exclude them from his wedding with Priya Banerjee in February this year. This created a stir on social media.
Amid this complication, Prateik dropped his father Raj Babbar's surname and shared that he will now go by Prateik Smita Patil to honour her legacy. He told the Times of India, 'I need to be wholly and solely associated with my mother (Smita Patil), her name and her legacy. I don't think any other name needs to taint that legacy, if you understand what I mean. It needs to just be her name and her legacy. That's what I'm striving to be. I'm striving to be like my mother and not like my dad. It feels like a new chapter."
However, in April, Juhi Babbar shared a picture with Prateik and Arya Babbar, and wrote, 'Raj Babbar Ji Ke Teeno Bacche..JUHI AARYA PRATEIK… A FACT NOBODY CAN CHANGE".
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