Prateik Smita Patil was thrown out of Subhash Ghai's acting school for taking drugs: 'I was a raging addict, my grandparents saw the worst of me..'
Prateik Babbar who is Raj Babbar and Smita Patil 's son is known for being a part of movies like ' Jaane Tu...Ya Jaane Na ,' 'Dum Maaro Dum' among others. The actor recently tied the knot with Priya Banerjee and in a recent interview, he has confessed that he was addicted to drugs and this addiction has badly made him suffer personally and professionally.
The actor said that he went to Subhash Ghai 's acting school Whistling Woods after he did 'Jaane Tu...Ya Jaane Na' and at that point, he was addicted to drugs. He said in a chat with Bollywood Bubble, "I made very bad choices. I won’t say I could have done anything differently because I was going through something since a very young age. I made the choice of getting into alcohol and substance abuse again. I gave into my weakness. I had valid reasons, if I may. Things were far more complicated than it sounds when we talk about it now. But those choices brought a downfall in both my profession and personal life.”
He added, “I shot Jaane Tu and then I went to Whistling Woods. I was studying a little bit here and there. There was a kind of slump as I didn’t know what I was doing. I was there for about 2 years and then I was thrown out of Whistling Woods for doing drugs. Now that I think about it, It is funny. I got thrown out of every school and college I went into. I was a menace.”
Prateik however, regrets the fact that his grandparents saw him like this. "The grandparents saw the worst of me in those last few years. I was a raging addict. My grandmother died seeing me an addict. That’s something I regret. I wish she could see the man I have become today," he said.
The actor was also in the news for not inviting his father Raj Babbar to his wedding. His wife Priya said in a chat with Bombay Times that those who mattered to him were invited and that his father was never really there for him.
The actor said that he went to Subhash Ghai 's acting school Whistling Woods after he did 'Jaane Tu...Ya Jaane Na' and at that point, he was addicted to drugs. He said in a chat with Bollywood Bubble, "I made very bad choices. I won’t say I could have done anything differently because I was going through something since a very young age. I made the choice of getting into alcohol and substance abuse again. I gave into my weakness. I had valid reasons, if I may. Things were far more complicated than it sounds when we talk about it now. But those choices brought a downfall in both my profession and personal life.”
He added, “I shot Jaane Tu and then I went to Whistling Woods. I was studying a little bit here and there. There was a kind of slump as I didn’t know what I was doing. I was there for about 2 years and then I was thrown out of Whistling Woods for doing drugs. Now that I think about it, It is funny. I got thrown out of every school and college I went into. I was a menace.”
Prateik however, regrets the fact that his grandparents saw him like this. "The grandparents saw the worst of me in those last few years. I was a raging addict. My grandmother died seeing me an addict. That’s something I regret. I wish she could see the man I have become today," he said.
The actor was also in the news for not inviting his father Raj Babbar to his wedding. His wife Priya said in a chat with Bombay Times that those who mattered to him were invited and that his father was never really there for him.
Read more
