Prateik Smita Patil pays tribute to his late mother by recreating her photo, says ‘got it from my mama’

Actor Prateik Smita Patil seems to have become emotional while remembering his late mother Smita PatilThe actor taking to his social media account in the wee hours of Thursday morning took a nostalgic walk down memory lane as he paid tribute to Smita Patil through an emotional social media postView this post on InstagramA post shared by prateik smita patil _pratSharing a collage of pictures Prateik posted a throwback image of Smita from her younger days alongside one of his own portraits highlighting their striking resemblanceIn the first picture Smita Patil is seen posing confidently in a vintage frame radiating her quintessential grace and bold attitude The second picture featured Prateik in a denim look casually posing for the camera almost similar to that of his motherThe actor captioned the post as ldquogot it from my mfrsquon mamardquoFor the uninitiated Prateik is the son of veteran actorpolitician Raj Babbar and legendary actress Smita Patil Prateik was born on November 28 1986 just weeks before Smita Patil passed awayThe actress passed away reportedly due to complications following childbirth at the age of 31 on December 13 1986Her untimely demise had sent shockwaves across the countryFor the uninitiated Smita and Raj Babbarrsquos relationship had often made headlines back in the day especially since Raj was already married to theatre artist Nadira Babbar when he fell in love with Smita Nadira and Raj are parents to actors Arya Babbar and Juhi BabbarOver the years Prateik in many of his interviews has openly spoken about his complicated relationship with his father and how he grew up away from himThe actor was largely raised by his maternal grandparents and extended family and has often shared how the absence of his mother made it an emotionally difficult childhood for himRak Babbar too is seen expressing his emotion for his late wife especially on important daysOn account of Smita Patils death anniversary a few months ago Raj Babbar had shared an emotional post on his social media account remembering herSharing a photo of Smita he had written What made SmitaPatil a truly great actor was the same quality that defined her offscreen she was extraordinarily good Her profound empathy captured the struggles of common people transforming simple stories into soulstirring anthems for justice She graced us for so little time yet countless hearts still resonate with her essence sicYou gave us so little time to know you This mystery shall forever remain unexplained Remembering Smita on her Punyatithi he addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever