Prateik Smita Patil and Priya Banerjee's wedding has grabbed attention for several reasons including the absence of Prateik's family at the wedding. Recently, the actor revealed why he did not invite his father and veteran actor-politician Raj Babbar for the ceremony.
Speaking at an interview with Zoom, Prateik elaborated that he didn't invite his father Raj Babbar and step-brother Aryan Babbar to his wedding with Priya due to family complications in the past and it had nothing to do with any personal rift.
He said, “My father's wife and my mother had some complications in the past, lots of things have been said in the press and stuff like that if you dig out 38-40 years ago. I was open to doing something with my father and his family for another function. I just thought it was unethical to have him and his family at that house when after everything had went on between them. Absolutely, it wasn't right."
Prateik shared that his wedding took place in an intimate ceremony at his late mother Smita Patil’s residence. Considering the sensitive history between his mother and stepmother Nadira Babbar, he felt it wouldn’t be appropriate to include his father and his family at that particular venue.
He also remarked that the entire situation was highly misunderstood and spilled way out of proportion.
"The right thing to do was to what we did and then if, obviously now circumstances are different, everything is gone South and it's extremely complicated. But it's not for me. I'm still the same," he added.
Prateik also expressed regret that his father and his family were unable to attend the wedding, which was held at the home of his late mother, Smita Patil.
“It wasn’t about rejecting anyone. It was about respecting my mother and her wishes... I'm sorry my father and his wife could not be there, could not be in the house my mother bought for me to grow up and live a life as a single mother. She wanted to live in that house with me as a single mother. Bring me up. I'm sorry. That was the best decision my wife and I made. And it could have been very, very subtle scenario and everything could have been subtle. But people are impulsive, people make impulsive choices and say things out of impulse and it was just distasteful and I think that bitter taste has remained," the Ekk Deewana Tha actor added.
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Prateik and Priya tied the knot on February 14, 2025 at Smita Patil's house in Bandra, Mumbai to honour her memories. Speculations about a rift in the family started doing the rounds after the Babbar family was visibly absent at their intimate wedding.
For those who don't know, Raj Babbar was married to Nadira Babbar in 1975. The two of them have two children, Juhi and Arya Babbar. He wed the well-known actress Smita Patil in 1983, and the two of them had a son, Prateik, in 1986. Unfortunately, Smita died of complications during childbirth not long after Prateik was born. Raj Babbar and Nadira eventually got back together in the ensuing years.
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