Raj Babbar’s Birthday: Famous Bollywood actor Raj Babbar is going to be 72 years old. He has played lead roles as well as side roles in Bollywood. The actor also tried his hand in politics. He is still active in politics. Raj Babbar was very much in news in the 80s.
Apart from his films and acting, he also made a lot of headlines for his personal life. He married a Muslim girl. But later he fell in love with a famous actress and left his Muslim wife and married her. However, then the actor had to return to his Muslim wife and both are together till date.
I dreamed of becoming an actor in 7th class
Raj Babbar was born on 23 June 1952 in Tundla, Uttar Pradesh. Raj, who is going to be 72 years old, had dreamt of becoming an actor when he was in 7th class. He later lived his dream. He did his schooling from Agra. After this, the actor came to Delhi in the year 1975.
Learned the nuances of acting from NSD
Raj Babbar also used to do theatres. He learned the nuances of acting from the National School of Drama (NSD). He started his film career with the film ‘Kissa Kursi Ka’. His brilliant films include ‘Umrao Jaan’, ‘Ziddi’, ‘Dalaal’, ‘Insaaf Ka Tarazu’, ‘Prem Geet’, ‘Nikaah’, ‘Agar Tum Na Hote’ and ‘Haqiqat’.
He was married to Nadira
Raj Babbar married a Muslim girl Nadira at the age of 23. They got married in the year 1975. After marriage, they became parents of two children, son Arya Babbar and daughter Juhi Babbar. However, while being married, Raj fell in love with famous Bollywood actress Smita Patil.
Raj and Smita worked together in ‘Bheegi Palkein’
Raj Babbar and Smita Patil worked together for the first time in the film ‘Bheegi Palkein’. This film was released in the year 1982. After this, the affair of both the actors started. Both also decided to get married. Although Raj was married and he also had children. But Smita was also not backing down from this relationship.
Second marriage with Smita without divorcing her
Raj married Smita Patil without divorcing Nadira. Before this, both of them were also in a live-in relationship. However, fate did not approve of Raj and Smita’s relationship for long. Smita died in 1986, 15 days after the birth of their son Prateek Babbar. Later, Raj also returned to his first wife Nadira Babbar.
