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Anupam Kher runs into old pupil Deepika Padukone and expresses his delight and pride in her achievement.

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Anupam Kher runs into old pupil Deepika Padukone and expresses his delight and pride in her achievement.

When Anupam Kher ran into his former student and actress Deepika Padukone at Dubai airport, he was a proud teacher. Anupam expressed his delight at Deepika’s success since she began studying acting at his academy. On Tuesday, he posted photos from the meeting to his Instagram account.

Deepika kept her hands on his shoulder and posed with him in the photographs. Anupam also shared a selfie that Deepika took. “Happy to meet talented Ms. @deepikapadukone at Dubai airport!” he captioned the photos. Her success graph makes me doubly happy and proud because she is an alumni of @actorprepares! “All hail!” Fans were ecstatic to see them together, with one remarking, “Two of my favourites in one place.”

Deepika Padukone, who made her acting debut alongside Shah Rukh Khan in the 2007 film Om Shanti Om, studied acting for three months at Anupam Kher’s film academy Actor Prepares. Later, she collaborated with Anupam on the 2011 film Desi Boyz, in which he portrayed her father.

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Anupam previously admitted to making Deepika cry during one of his classes. “She was good at everything, punctual, and would do things with finesse,” he told HT in 2019. She appeared to want to do everything perfectly. My point is that acting isn’t just about perfection; it’s also about the flaws. I gave her an improvisation exercise one day to break her composure as a perfectionist. ‘You work as a bai (maid) in a house, there is no such thing as ‘perfection’ (about her),’ I told her. Her mannerisms were impeccable, but her character wouldn’t know how to use a fork or knife. That went on for 45 minutes… until I felt she’d figured it out (new things).

Shakun Batra’s Gehraiyaan was Deepika’s most recent film. She will next be seen alongside Shah Rukh Khan and John Abraham in Pathaan. Nag Ashwin’s Project K, in which she stars alongside Amitabh Bachchan, Prabhas, and Disha Patani, is also in the works. The actor will also star alongside Hrithik Roshan and Anil Kapoor in the film Fighter.

Anupam was last seen in Vivek Agnihotri’s The Kashmir Files, a film about the 1990s exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Kashmir Valley. He’ll next be seen in Uunchai, directed by Sooraj Barjatya and starring Amitabh Bachchan, Parineeti Chopra, Danny Denzongpa, and Boman Irani.

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At seven o’clock, Raj Babbar’s daughter learnt of his liaison with Smita Patil. “I shouldn’t tell my mother about this.”

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January 16, 2025

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At seven o’clock, Raj Babbar’s daughter learnt of his liaison with Smita Patil. “I shouldn’t tell my mother about this.”

Raj Babbar left his wife, Nadira, to marry Smita Patil in 1983. His daughter Juhi Babbar has recalled the time in a new interview.
Actor Raj Babbar was already married and had two children when he began his relationship with fellow actor, Smita Patil. The affair and the ensuing marriage saw a lot of controversy, given how it began. Raj Babbar’s daughter, former actor Juhi Babbar, has now opened up on the time and how she came to know about the relationship when she was just 7 years old.

Juhi Babbar on Raj Babbar and Smita Patil

In an interview with Lehren Retro, Juhi recalled how Smita Patil made a conscious effort to connect with Raj’s two children – Juhi and her brother, Arya. “My father talked and explained his marriage with Smita Patil to me when I was barely seven years old, and that’s why my memories of Smita ji are very different. She went out of her way to do things for me. I think she also had this thing that we are the kids of the person who is most special to her, and so we are special to her as well. She would show us a lot of love, always bringing us gifts when she travelled, and she would ensure that at home, we were served the food that we liked. These small memories are nice, but unfortunately, there aren’t many memories,” she said.

Juhi said she was conflicted about her impression of Smita at the time because the actor was always nice to us, but she could see that the marriage had shaken up her own family, particularly her mother, Nadira. “As a child, I knew this is the lady my father wants to be with, and he wants to make her his wife. I could see Smita making an effort towards me and my little brother, but I also knew that this was disturbing the unit that used to be, and that my mother was unhappy about it. I had that understanding—that aunty (Smita) was being so good to me, but when I go home, I shouldn’t share this with my mother.”

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Raj Babbar and Smita Patil’s marriage

Smita Patil and Raj Babbar met on the sets of their 1982 film Bheegi Palkein. Raj left Nadira to marry Smita the following year. Their son, actor Prateik Babbar, was born in November 1986. However, Smita Patil died soon after from childbirth complications at the age of 31. Raj Babbar got back together with Nadira a few years later.

Juhi Babbar made her film debut with Kash Aap Hamare Hote opposite Sonu Nigam in 2003. She worked in a handful of films over the next few years before taking a hiatus to do TV. In 2023, she returned to films with supporting roles in films like Faraaz and Farrey. She is married to actor Anup Soni.

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