Prateik Babbar remembers his 'gorgeous mama' Smita Patil on her 65th birthday anniversary

Bollywood actor Prateik Babbar on Instagram poured out love for his mor, late actor Smita Patil on her 65th birth anniversary on Saturday. He shared some beautiful portraits of his mor and captioned each of photos with word 'Ma' written in Hindi. Prateik Babbar wished his late mor through caption as he wrote, "happy 65th birthday to my gorgeous mama!" while fans and friends dropped hearts for heartfelt tributes across all posts.

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Prateik's far, veteran actor and politician Raj Babbar also shared a mesmerizing photo of Smita Patil on Instagram to mark her birth anniversary on Saturday. Raj wrote alongside im, “An artist of incomparable genius, a person with such an emotional soul - fondly remembering Smita today on her birthday. You h such a short journey & yet your captivating presence is felt by all whose life you touched. Your influence has been so meaningful. #SmitaPatil.”

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Raj was married to atre personality Nira Zaheer when he got into a relationship with Smita Patil whom he later married without divorcing Nira. Raj got back with Nira after Smita’s death. y also have two children - Juhi and Arya. Smita soon passed away after giving birth to ir son Prateik.

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Smita began her journey as a television newscaster.and me her Bollywood debut with Mere Saath Chal in 1974. Shyam Benegal’s directorial Nishant (1975) brought her smoldering intensity into focus and soon she became one of most prominent faces of super quartet of parallel cinema movement of Hindi films, including Shabana Azmi, Om Puri and Naseeruddin Shah.

Smita featured in several critically acclaimed films including Manthan (1976), Bhumika (1977), Gaman (1978), Aakrosh (1980), Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Aata Hai (1980), Arth (1982), Bazaar (1982), Ardh Satya and Mandi (1983) to name a few.

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