Raj Babbar was born on 23 June 1952 in Tundla, Uttar Pradesh. Apart from films, Raj Babbar has also achieved a good position in politics. He started his political career in the year 1989. At present, Raj Babbar is associated with the Congress party. On the occasion of his birthday, let us tell you some special things related to him.
Raj Babbar did his schooling at Faiz-e-Alam Inter College, Agra. Seeing his interest in acting, he took admission to the National School of Drama in Delhi in 1975. In Delhi, he was associated with many theater groups and used to participate in plays. Raj Babbar reached Mumbai for a further career. His first film was ‘Kissa Kursi Ka’ in 1977.
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Everyone noticed the negative character of Raj Babbar in the film ‘Insaaf Ka Taraju’. In the film, Raj Babbar had to do a rape scene with Zeenat Aman, due to which he was very nervous. Raj Babbar was scared that he was new and Zeenat Aman had become a big name by then.
After this film, Raj got tremendous recognition as a villain. In which his role in films like ‘Ziddi’, ‘Dalal’, ‘Dag the Fire’ was appreciated. He also received the Best Villain Award for the film ‘Dalal’ in 1994. Along with acting, Raj Babbar has also been in news for his relationships. Raj Babbar married Nadira in 1975. It is said that the closeness between Raj Babbar and Smita Patil grew during the film ‘Aaj Ki Awaaz’.
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It is said that Raj was so much in love with Smita Patil that, ignoring the era in the 80s, he started living in a live-in with Smita Patil. Then Raj was criticized a lot for this, but he never cared about it. Later Raj also married Smita Patil. In the same year their son, Prateek Babbar was born. Smita Patil died on 13 December 1986, two weeks after giving birth to a son. After the death of Smita, Raj again returned to his first wife Nadira. Nadira and Raj have two children Juhi and Arya.
Raj Babbar
Along with films, Raj Babbar has also had a lot of interest in politics. He has been active in politics for a long time. Raj Babbar, who started his political innings with the Samajwadi Party, remained a star leader of the party for a long time. But later there was a rift with the party leaders. He left the SP and joined the Congress party. He was also the President of the Uttar Pradesh Congress. He resigned from the post of party president after the defeat of Congress in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.