Overview
- A clip from Arya Babbar’s stand-up set shows him calling his genitalia 'chhota bhai', adding 'I don’t mean Prateik Babbar,' and then saying 'Prateik Smita Patil.'
- Arya tells reporters the set recounts a night he contemplated suicide and was meant to help others by speaking about his depression.
- He says he corrected the name in the moment because Prateik had legally changed his last name to Smita Patil and is sensitive about being called 'Babbar.'
- The brothers remain publicly estranged and Arya says he will talk to Prateik if he answers his phone, while also accusing the media of casting his side of the family as the 'villain.'
- Coverage so far relies on Arya’s account, there is no on-record response from Prateik, and the episode could deepen public scrutiny of the family unless the siblings speak directly.