Mumbai, June 23 (IANS) Bollywood star Jackie Shroff took to his social media account to extend warm birthday wishes to actor-politician Raj Babbar as the latter celebrates his 74th birthday on June 23.
Jackie shared a classic portrait of the veteran star on his social media account with the caption, “Warm Wishes!” and also tagged Raj Babbar in the post.
The picture shared by Jackie featured a young Raj Babbar dressed in a white tuxedo with a bow tie.
Raj Babbar who was born on June 23, 1952 has been a graduate from the National School of Drama. The actor made his film debut with ‘Kissa Kursi Ka’ and went on to carve a successful career across Hindi and Punjabi cinema.
He earned much acclaim for films such as ‘Insaaf Ka Tarazu’, ‘Nikaah’, ‘Aaj Ki Awaaz’, ‘Agar Tum Na Hote’, ‘Ziddi’, ‘Barsaat’, ‘Yaraana’, ‘Aankhen’ amongst others.
On the personal front, Raj Babbar is married to noted theatre personality and actress Nadira Babbar. With Nadira Babbar, he has two children, daughter Juhi Babbar, a theatre actress – producer and son Arya Babbar, who is an actor. Actor Anup Soni is Raj Babbar’s son-in-law, having married Juhi Babbar.
For the uninitiated, Raj Babbar’s love story with late actress Smita Patil, made headlines in the 1980s..
Raj Babbar also has a son, actor Prateik Smita Patil, from his relationship with Smita Patil. The acclaimed actress passed away in 1986, shortly after giving birth to Prateik.
On the work front, Raj Babbar was last seen in the family comedy-drama series ‘Happy Family: Conditions Apply’, where he portrayed Mansukhlal Dholakia.
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