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India Today
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- India Today
Prateik Smita Patil on dropping his surname: I didn't want to belong to them
Actor Prateik Smita Patil never minces words when it comes to speaking candidly about his personal life. He recently revealed that his mother's family and his father, Raj Babbar, were involved in a custody battle over him. Prateik admitted that he initially felt 'bitter' towards both parents while questioning his identity. He also opened up about his decision to adopt his mother's in a recent interview with Varinder Chawla's YouTube channel said, "I was born Prateik. There was a custody battle for me from my mom's side of the family and my father's side of the family. My mom's side won. There was still a battle for the surname. Finally, in the passport, it was 'Prateik Smit Babbar'. It wasn't even Smita, so growing up, I was 'Prateik Smit Babbar.' In school, everyone thought I was Christian because they would wonder, 'Why Smit?', no one cared for Babbar. Everyone just called me Smit."He further said, "In my first film, my name was Prateik Babbar, and then the devil got the better of me and I started thinking 'Kaun hai maa? Kaun hai baap? (Who is mom? Who is dad?)' Then I started thinking, 'I don't want to be Patil, I don't want to be Babbar. I want to be just Prateik.' For a few films, I was only Prateik because I was bitter about my parents. I was like, I don't want to belong to them. They have only given me trauma my entire life. I don't want to belong to them, and then I continued with Prateik."advertisementWhile pointing out his changed name, the actor concluded, "I had to embrace that name, it makes me complete. Now, I am complete, I feel complete. Priya (Banerjee) said 'Prateik, you owe it to her; she gave her life for you, you owe that, you are her son' and that hit differently. I was like 'this is who I have to be'." Earlier, Prateik, in an interview with Times Now, had said that he did not invite his father and his family to his wedding since it took place at his mother's place. The actor stated that it would have been 'unethical to have him and his family,' since his late mother and Nadira Babbar had complications in the got married to Priya Banerjee in a close-knit family ceremony. Sharing the photos, Priya wrote, "I'll marry you in every lifetime (sic)."Prateik was last seen in Nani-starrer Telugu crime action-thriller 'HIT: The Third Case.'
News18
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- News18
Prateik Babbar Reveals Smita Patil's Family Fought Custody Battle With Raj Babbar
Last Updated: Prateik opened up about the custody battle his family endured and why he finally decided to change his name. Earlier this year, Prateik Babar announced that he has dropped his father's surname and will now go by Prateik Smita Patil to honour his mother's legacy. He is the son of Raj Babbar and Smita Patil. Now, in a recent chat posted on Varinder Chawla's Instagram, the actor opened up about the custody battle his family endured and why he finally decided to change his name. The actor said, 'I was born Prateik. There was a custody battle for me from my mom's side of the family and my father's side of the family. My mom's side won. There was still a battle for the surname. Finally, in the passport, it was 'Prateik Smit Babbar'." 'It wasn't even Smita, so growing up, I was 'Prateik Smit Babbar'. In school, everyone thought I was Christian because they would wonder, 'Why Smit?', no one cared for Babbar. Everyone just called me Smit," he said. 'In my first film, my name was Prateik Babbar, and then the devil got the better of me and I started thinking 'Kaun hai maa? Kaun hai baap? (Who is mom? Who is dad?)' Then I started thinking, 'I don't want to be Patil, I don't want to be Babbar. I want to be just Prateik.' For a few films, I was only Prateik because I was bitter about my parents. I was like, I don't want to belong to them. They have only given me trauma my entire life. I don't want to belong to them and then I continued with Prateik," he said. Speaking about why he changed his name, the actor mentioned, 'I had to embrace that name, it makes me complete. Now, I am complete, I feel complete. Priya said 'Prateik, you owe it to her; she gave her life for you, you owe that, you are her son' and that hit different. I was like 'this is who I have to be'." First Published:
