‘Hurt We Weren’t Invited For Prateik’s Wedding’

‘One
day,
they
will
learn
that
certain
lines
are
not
to
be
crossed
when
it
comes
to
family.’

Prateik


married
Priya
Banerjee,
his
girlfriend
of
five
years,
on
Valentine’s
Day
at
his
late
mother
Smita
Patil’s
home
in
Bandra,
northwest
Mumbai.

His
father
Raj
Babbar
was
not
invited
to
the
wedding.

Prateik’s
half
brother
Aarya
Babbar
addresses
this,
and
seems
deeply
saddened
by
the
Babbars
being
excluded
from
the
wedding.

“We
have
always
treated
him
like
an
integral
part
of
our
family,”
Aarya
tells

Subhash
K
Jha.

“Yes,
we
are
brothers
from
different
mothers
but
I
address
Prateik’s
mother
as
Smita
ma.
My
mother
(theatre
and
film
actress
Nadira
Babbar)
treats
Prateik
as
one
of
her
children.
We
were
very
hurt
when
we
were
not
invited
for
Prateik’s
wedding.”

In
an
interview
with

Hindustan
Times,
Prateik’s
bride
Priya
Banerjee
said,
‘Our
families
were
there,
including
my
parents,
his
aunts
who
raised
him,
his

nana-nani,
and
everyone
who
mattered
and
is
family
was
with
us.
And
there
was
absolutely
nobody
who
is
family
who
was
missing.’

The
statement
has
hurt
Aarya.

“Does
this
mean
we
don’t
matter
to
Prateik?”
he
wonders.

“My
father
(Raj
Babbar)
is
his
father.
For
us,
Prateik
is
as
much
a
Babbar
as
a
Patil.

Chalo,
aapne
humein
nahi
bulaya
apni
shaadi
mein.
But
why
is
that
child
(Priya)
insulting
us
by
suggesting
we
don’t
matter?
It
is
saddening
and
painful
because
people
are
wondering
about
their
behaviour,
not
ours.”

Aarya
reveals
that
all
was
gung-ho
between
the
Babbars
and
Prateik
until
the
wedding.

“We
were
all
like
one
family,
the
Babbars
and
Prateik
and
his
fiancee
Priya.
She
was
very
friendly
with
us.
We
were
all
there
at
their
engagement.
The
sudden
change
in
their
attitude
happened
after
the
engagement.
We
feel
they
are
being
brainwashed
by
someone.

“I
don’t
want
to
hurt
anyone
or
say
anything
to
disrespect
the
feelings
of
that
couple.
One
day,
they
will
learn
that
certain
lines
are
not
to
be
crossed
when
it
comes
to
family.”