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Punjabi actor-activist Deep Sidhu, accused in Red Fort violence case, dies in road accident

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Punjabi actor-activist Deep Sidhu, accused in Red Fort violence case, dies in road accident

Born on April 2, 1984 to a Jatt Sikh family in Sri Muktsar Sahib district, Punjab, Sidhu started his acting career with Ramta Jogi in 2015 at the age of 31. But he rose to fame when the 2018 film Jora Das Nimbria was released. The sequel to the March 2020 film Jorah: Chapter Two.

Sidhu is also an activist, linked to the 2021 Republic Day violence. Sidhu performed a Facebook live broadcast as he raised his pennant from the walls of the Red Fort. In the video, Sidhu said in Punjabi: “We just raised the Nishan Sahib flag at the Red Fort while exercising our democratic right to protest.”

Since then, Sidhu has been arrested twice. Following his arrest in February 2021, police told a Delhi court that Sidhu was the “main thug and instigator” of the Red Fort incident and that he “incited people…to incite violence” and was seen in a video to him with “sword, stick and flag”.

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However, the court granted his bail on April 16, saying the prosecution had tried to follow his example because he was popular, but this “has the potential to lead to a miscarriage of justice” and that his continued detention was a violation of his right to life and liberty.

Before his release from prison, he was again detained by Delhi police on April 17 for another FIR against him by the Archaeological Survey of India. However, his lawyers argue that the facts and allegations in both FIRs are the same, as both relate to the violence and destruction inflicted on the Red Fort on January 26. Acknowledging this, the court granted him bail on April 26.

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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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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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