Aarya Babbar REACTS To Prateik Smita Patil Dropping His Surname: 'Aap Name Change Kar Sakte Ho, Wajood Nahi'
Prateik Babbar changed his name to Prateik Smita Patil, honouring his late mother.
The Babbar family has been in the news recently due to rumours about a fallout between Prateik Babbar and his father, actor-politician Raj Babbar. The rumours gained attention when Prateik didn’t invite his father to his wedding with Priya Banerjee. Things got more heated when Prateik changed his name to Prateik Smita Patil, dropping his father’s name and adopting his late mother’s surname. In response, Prateik’s half-brother Aarya Babbar said that one cannot easily forget their identity.
Prateik has also dropped his father’s surname and will now go by Prateik Smita Patil to honour her legacy. Prateik told the Times of India, “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."
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Reacting to Prateik’s decision to change his surname, Aarya tells us, “I just have to say that Smita ma is our mother too. And what name he doesn’t want to keep and what name he wants to keep is his choice".
“Kal ko main uthke apna naam Aarya Babbar se Aarya karlun, ya Rajesh kar lun. Main tab bhi Babbar hi rahunga na (Tomorrow, if I wake up and change my name from Aarya Babbar to just Aarya, or even Rajesh, I’ll still be a Babbar, won’t I?)," he said.
Aarya went on to add, “Aap apna name change kar sakte ho, wajood nahi (You can change your name, but you can’t change your identity). Rahunga toh Babbar hi becasue wajood mera woh hi hai, aap woh kaise change kar sakte ho (I’ll remain a Babbar because my existence is rooted in that, how can you change that?)".
Prateik Babbar and Priya Banerjee got married in an intimate wedding ceremony on February 14, 2025, at Prateik’s late mother Smita Patil’s house in Mumbai.
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