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Prateik Babbar has been garnering headlines ever since his wedding with Priya Banerjee, in which he invited his closest family members and friends except for his father Raj Babbar and half-siblings Arya Babbar and Juhi Babbar.
While this thing created a stir on social media, the actor has now officially dropped his father's name and will go by his late mother and iconic actress name Prateik Smita Patil.
“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," said the Baaghi 2 star to 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," he added.
Speaking about Prateik’s relationship with his dad, Priya shared, “Whenever he feels the time is right to speak about it, to speak about things that he has never spoken about, he will. He’s born into this industry. This industry is his friend. The media is his friend. He’s nothing to hide. He’s never hidden anything. His past, his present."
“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," added Prateik.
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