The Babbar family found itself in the spotlight earlier this year when Prateik Smita Patil got married to Priya Banerjee and did not invite his father, actor-politician Raj Babbar, to the ceremony. Now, Prateik has opened up about the reason behind this decision and apologised.
During a recent interview, Prateik looked back at his decision not to call his father, Raj Babbar and the Babbar family to his wedding. He got married to Priya Banerjee on February 14 this year in Mumbai.
Prateik set the record straight about his family dynamics at his wedding celebrations. He clarified that his father, Raj, and half-brother, Arya Babbar, weren’t present due to circumstances that were misinterpreted. He emphasised that the decision wasn’t driven by any personal rift or estrangement.
Prateik 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. 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, “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.”
