MUMBAI: Prateik Babbar married his longtime partner, actress Priya Banerjee, in a private ceremony on February 14. The wedding took place at his late mother Smita Patil’s residence in Bandra, Mumbai, with only close family and friends in attendance. The couple later shared beautiful moments from their special day on social media, captioning their post, “I’ll marry you in every lifetime #priyaKAprateik.”
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While fans were happy to finally see them married, the wedding also generated a buzz as his father, actor-politician Raj Babbar and the rest of the Babbar family were not present at the wedding. Now, in a surprising move, the newlywed couple has acknowledged complication of the situation. In fact, Prateik has also changed his name once again to ‘Prateik Smita Patil’, paying respect to his late mother. The actor said that he is not worried about any challenges it could bring.
The actor said, “I'm not thinking of any of that. I'm just thinking about what makes me and my soul feel better, and what makes my heart smile, not thinking if it will negatively affect my career. I don't care about the repercussions. All I care about is the way I feel when I hear that name. 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.”
In the latest interview, Prateik Babbar said, “When the time is right, I will chat about this. Let's just leave it the way it is for now. It's a bit complicated.... It's extremely complicated for the time being and as Priya mentioned, when I am ready to talk about things that I haven't before and that need to be spoken about, it will clear the air, not just for me, but for everybody, even that family”
Defending Prateik’s decision to not discuss his family issues, how he had a problematic childhood, losing his mother when he was two weeks old, Priya questioned the right of others to comment on his life.
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Credit – Hindustan Times
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