When Smita Patil was pregnant with Raj Babbar’s child, but refused to take maternity leave: ‘She hid her baby bump and shot for the film’ Hindi film news’

Smita Patil married Raj Babbar in 1983 and she was married to Radira Zaheer at that time. He married Nadira in 1975 and already had two children with him – Juhi and Arya Babbar. But he fell in love with Smita on the set of ‘wet Palkin’. He left Nadira and started living with Smita. Later, when Smita was pregnant with Raj’s child, she decided not to take maternity braking and continued to work.
On the occasion of the anniversary of Smita Patil’s 37th death, a senior of the film industry sat for a clear conversation with Etimes and shared this anecdote about the actress. This senior had said that Smita had announced her pregnancy before the shoot of the song ‘Super Dancer’ in the film ‘Dance Dance’. He said, “B.Subhash agreed, and ‘Super Dancer’ was shot with his bright face, reflecting the attraction of motherhood. My very dear friend Jagdish Aurangabadkar was a supporter of the film and I will always participate in the shooting of ‘Dance Dance’, and he will always congratulate Jagdish in Maraith.”
Smita died long ago at the age of 31. This was 15 days after giving birth to his son Pretic. According to reports, Smita had already expressed her last wish and was to be cremated as ‘Suhagan’ (married woman). Tuss, she was ready as a bride for her funeral.
Meanwhile, Smita’s son Pratic Babbar has now added his surname ‘Patil’. They recently got married, but chose his father Raj Babbar and step-siblings Arya and Juhi not to invite it. One thought that Pratic and his father, and all the wells between the brothers and sisters. As Pratik was often seen at every ceremony at her house, including Juhi’s son’s birthday party. But his decision not to invite his father to his marriage shocked everyone.