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Smita Patil's son Prateik Babbar may have refused Saawariya, but now he's on board Sanjay Leela Bhansali's next production, My Friend Pinto
By Subhash K Jha
Posted On Sunday, August 30, 2009 at 02:23:55 AM
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Titled My Friend Pinto, the film will be directed by Raghav Dar who assisted Mani Ratnam on Guru and also worked as the associate assistant to Abbas Tyrewala on Jaane Tu Ya… Jaane Na. And it was during the filming of JTYJN that the Prateik and Raghav decided to work together. My Friend Pinto will be Prateik's first lead role. He had an appreciated cameo in JTYJN and Aamir Khan plays the lead in his next, Kiran Rao's Dhobi Ghat. Prateik's aunt Manya Patil is only too happy for Prateik. A thrilled Manya said, "Do you know Prateik was offered Saawariya at the very initial stage of the film when Sanjay was undecided about who to cast as the lead? But back then, Prateik was not interested in acting. He was at a stage in life where he was not sure which way to go next.thank god he refused that disaster! Then Abbas offered him JTYJN. It seemed too small a role to me, but Abbas asked me to trust him with the role, he said was tailor-made for Prateik. And just like he had assured me, the role was good and Prateik's career is shaping up well." Prateik said, "I'm happy to work with Mr Bhansali."
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