Among all the debutant star sons and daughters, one young gentle man comes quietly to the industry, without any hype or rampant promotion. He prefers to let his work speak for him. Of course, he has got acting in his blood; he is the son of Raj Babbar and late Smita Patil, one of the greatest actresses of Hindi film industry. Prateik Babbar makes his debut with Jaane Tu…Ya Jaane Na, a romantic comedy. Prateik neither plays the lead in the film nor does the film revolve around him.
Prateik plays the character of Amit Wadia, Genelia’s brother who always teases her through out the film. This character also had a troubled childhood which results in making him arrogant and laidback. Being an introvert, he doesn’t talk to many people lives in his world of painting and has a pet mouse.
Prateik didn’t get the role because of his connections but he was working with Prahlad Kakkar when he gave the screen test of this film and he was offered the role. He also plans to join a film school but after completing this film. He doesn’t mind to be a part of Imraan’s big launch and wishes him all the best like a true Samaritan. Prateik acknowledges that Abbas is a great director.
Even Aamir complimented Prateik’s work in the film, it obviously made the young lad happy, and after all, Aamir Khan doesn’t compliment everyone. Prateik did learn acting at Mr. Subhash Ghai’s Whistling Woods International. He considers to Mr. Kishore Namit Kapoor be his motivation. Prateik’s mother Smita Patil died when he was very young and he spent his life with his grand parents and he wanted to be a cricketer as a child and was quite good at it also. He thinks if he had continued playing cricket, he would have become a pace-bowler like Irfan Pathan. He considers his relation with Raj Babbar is like any normal father and son Arya Babbar takes Prateik for his buddy. Prateik in turn calls Arya to be his advisor and he is Arya’s support system.
Prateik loves his mother’s films like Chakra, Mirch Masala and Shakti. He considers Nandita Das to be equivalent to Smita Patil but he thinks she needs to get the right roles. Among the handsone hunks of Bollywood, he likes Arjun Rampal and thinks he has taken the right decision to play the rock star in Rock On. Prateik is a sporty person and loves outdoor games like football, cricket etc. and loves to work out in a gym.
Given a chance, he would like to replace Vivek in Company and Shootout At Lokhandwala. He would also like to do a Kaante. He is also doing a theatre with his mother and sister’s Ekjute Theatre Group.
