Prateik Babbar is the son of late actress Smita Patil and actor-politician Raj Babbar. His mother died due to post partum complications after he was born.
Earlier Prateik assisted advertisement filmmaker Prahlad Kakkar for a year as a production assistant. During this time Prateik was cast in advertisement films for several companies, including KitKat.
Prateik made his acting debut in the Aamir Khan production, Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, alongside Imran Khan and Genelia D’Souza. His portryal of Genelia’s brother, Amit, won him plaudits from critics earning him several wards and nominations, whilst the film went on to become a major success commercially. His next film is Kiran Rao’s critically acclaimed Dhobi Ghaat, which has opened to positive reviews at film festivals worldwide. He will also feature in the action-thriller Dum Maro Dum alongside Abhishek Bachchan and Rana Daggubati, whilst he is also set to star in the untitled remake of Gautham Menon’s Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa with Amy Jackson. All three films are scheduled for release in 2011.
Movies Done By Prateik Babbar
- 2008 Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na
- 2011 Dhobi Ghaat Munna
- 2011 Dum Maro Dum Lawrence “Lorry” Gomes
- 2011 Aarakshan Sushant Seth
- 2011 My Friend Pinto Michael Pinto
- 2012 Ekk Deewana Tha Sachin Kulkarni
- 2013 Issaq Rahul Mishra
- 2014 Auroni Taukhon Bengali film
- 2015 Umrika Udai
- 2017 Aroni Tokhon Bengali Film
- 2018 Baaghi 2 Sunny Salgaonkar
- 2018 Mulk Shahid Mohammed
- 2018 Mitron Vikram
- 2019 Chhichhore Raggie
- 2019 Darbar Ajay Malhotra Tamil film
- 2019 Brahmastra dagger Tara’s Boyfriend
- 2019 Yaaram Rohit Bajaj
- 2020 Mumbai Saga Shyam Jadhav Filming
Television Series Done By Prateik Babbar
- 2016 Shockers Karan Directed by Faruk Kabir
Web Series Done By Prateik Babbar
- 2019 Skyfire Chandrashekhar ZEE5
- 2019 Four More Shots Please! Jeh Wadia Amazon Prime Original
- 2020 Four More Shots Please! Season 2 Jeh Wadia Amazon Prime Original
Awards and nominations Received By Prateik Babbar
- 2009 Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na Filmfare Awards Filmfare Special Jury Award (certificate) Won
- 2009 Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut Nominated
- 2009 Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated
- 2009 Stardust Awards Stardust Award for Breakthrough Performance – Male Won
- 2009 Screen Awards Screen Award for Best Male Debut Nominated
- 2012 Dhobi Ghaat Stardust Awards Stardust Award for Superstar of Tomorrow – Male Nominated