Prateik Babbar, now Prateik Smita Patil, is busy talking his heart out and expressing his love and admiration for his mother and his mother’s side of the family, who helped him. Lately, Prateik’s second wedding made a lot of clamour, as his father and the entire Babbar family were shocked that they were not invited to the same. After maintaining a dignified silence about the whole scenario, Prateik finally spoke about it and the reason for his name change.
Prateik Smita Patil shared his reason for dropping his father’s surname
Recently, in an interview with Varinder Chawla’s YouTube channel, Prateik was questioned about his new name and embracing his mother’s surname. He stated that he was born as Prateik, and after his birth, there was a custody battle fought between Raj Babbar and his mother, Smita Patil’s side of the family. However, the legal battle was won by his mother’s side of the family. Prateik 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.”
