Prateik Babbar

Prateik Babbar made a remarkable debut with ‘Jaane Tu Ya… Jaane Na’ in 2008, following which his performance in Kiran Rao’s ‘Dhobi Ghat’ became the talk of the town. Just when we thought Bollywood was in for another fresh talent, Prateik disappeared. Apart from ‘Ek Deewana Tha’ in 2012, we rarely saw him all these years. (Also Read: When ‘Chak De! India’ opened poorly, and SRK fled to London to escape the trauma)

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While B-Town got crowded with more and more new faces, many of us were used to his absence. We took no notice of it, until we learned of Prateik’s encounter with drug addiction and the horror that followed.

He recently wrote an open letter for a leading publication. Read his journey, and may be, live a bit of it too!