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Raj Babbar was already married to Nadira Babbar when he fell in love with Smita Patil. Arya Babbar opened up about his father, Raj Babbar’s relationship with Smita Patil during one of his recent stand-up performances. Arya mentioned that his father’s bond with Smita was not just an “affair" but “pure love".
The actor further recalled how he was questioned by reporters at a very young age, who used to ask him questions about his father’s romantic relationship. “When I was 6-7 years old, I used to enjoy playing hide and seek but I wasn’t playing hide and seek with my friends, I was playing it with the media. They would pop out of anywhere, throw a microphone in my face and ask me, ‘Your father is having an affair.
how do you feel?’" Arya said, as quoted by Indian Express. “But honestly, that wasn’t an affair. That was genuine pure love that Papa and Smita ma felt for each other.
As a family, we understood and respected that relationship, and accepted it . But when you are 6-7 years old, you don’t understand all of this. And it was because of this, that my relationship with my father was strained.
Because I couldn’t get it," he added. Arya then joked, “Now that I am 43 and I have been married for 8-9 years, I understand, ‘Baap itna bhi galat nahi tha (My father wasn’t that wrong)’." What Do We Know About Raj Babbar’s Relation With Smita Patil? Raj Babbar married Nadira Babbar in 1975 and later became parents to two children – Arya Babbar and Juhi Babbar.
However, Raj fell in love with Smita Patil while he was already married to Nadira. He got divorced from Nadira in 1982 and tied the knot with Smita a year later. Raj and Smita welcomed Prateik in 1986 but Smita passed away due to complications during childbirth.
After her death, Raj got back together with Nadira..
