Raj Babbar’s daughter Juhi Babbar Soni shares sibling picture after Prateik Smita Patil drops his father’s surname : Bollywood News

Prateik Babbar, who made his screen debut with the 2008 coming-of-age film Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na, recently dropped his father’s surname. He has now adopted his late mother’s surname and goes by the name Prateik Smita Patil. He is the son of the late actress Smita Patil and actor-politician Raj Babbar.

Raj Babbar’s daughter Juhi Babbar Soni shares sibling picture after Prateik Smita Patil drops his father’s surname

Prateik has been in the news for leaving his father out of his wedding with Priya Banerjee on February 14.

Taking to Instagram, Prateik’s siblings Aarya Babbar and Juhi Babbar Soni shared Siblings Day posts with him.

In Juhi Babbar’s throwback photo, she is seen posing alongside Aarya and Prateik. The trio is all smiles for the camera. The caption read, “Raj Babbar Ji Ke Teeno Bacche..JUHI AARYA PRATEIK… A FACT NOBODY CAN CHANGE.”

Reacting to the post, Aarya Babbar wrote, “Didi, you have chosen the pic in which you are looking the best lol … love you.” Aarya’s wife, Jasmine Babbar, added a red heart and evil eye emoji.

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Similarly, Aarya also shared a picture on Instagram of the three of them smiling together, with the caption “Apne to apne hote hain. PS: Ukhaad lo jo ukhaadna hai.”

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Earlier, in an interview with Hindustan Times, Aarya had expressed his views on Prateik’s name change stating, “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?).” “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 because 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)?", he added.

Aarya and Juhi Babbar are the children of Raj and Nadira Babbar. Raj Babbar later married Smita Patil in 1983, and they had Prateik in 1986. After Smita Patil’s early passing, Raj Babbar reconciled with Nadira.

Also Read: Aarya Babbar REACTS to Prateik dropping Raj Babbar’s name: “You can change your name, but you can’t change your identity”