Prateik Babbar has hurt his late mother Smita Patil by not inviting father Raj Babbar to his wedding, says Aarya Babbar: ‘Failed him as a family’

“Somewhere we as a family must have failed him,” Raj Babbar’s elder son Aarya Babbar said about his stepbrother Prateik Babbar who got married on Valentine’s Day in the absence of any member of the Babbar family.

 

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Aarya said, “Not inviting other members of our family, my mother (Nadira Babbar), my sister (Juhi Babbar) or me could be condonable: maybe we have failed him as a family, although we have never treated him as a stepbrother. Lekin chalo, shaayad humse koi bhool ho gayi ho (Perhaps, we made a mistake). But Papa? Not inviting our Papa, his Papa (Raj Babbar)… how can he do this? Papa is very very hurt. By doing this, Prateik has hurt his mother the great Smita Patilji as well. If he stops to think for a moment, he would know that his mother, whom he respects and loves so much, must be very hurt. Would she want this?”

He further continued, “We have always considered Prateik an integral part of the family. The doors of our hearts are always open to him. We hope he is happy in marriage and finds his niche as an actor. He has the genes of two great actors. I always believed he had the talent to be another Ranbir Kapoor. But somewhere he has gone astray. We fear someone is giving him wrong advice.”