Prateik is an Indian actor. He is the son of late actress Smita Patil

Smita Patil

Smita Patil was an Indian actress of film, television and theatre. Regarded among the finest stage and film actresses of her times, Patil appeared in over 75 Hindi and Marathi films in a career that spanned just over a decade. During her career, she received two National Film Awards and a...

 and actor turned politician Raj Babbar

Raj Babbar

Raj Babbar is a Hindi & Punjabi film actor since 1977 and the current Member of Parliament from Firozabad which he won by defeating Dimple Yadav, wife of Akhilesh Yadav & daughter-in-law of Mulayam Singh Yadav. This is his fourth term as MP, in previous terms he was the part of Samajwadi...

.

Career

Earlier Prateik assisted advertisement filmmaker Prahlad Kakkar

Prahlad Kakkar

Prahlad Kakar is a leading Indian ad film director, best known for his work on the famous Pepsi TV commercial with Amitabh Bachchan and Sachin Tendulkar. He is the founder and main director for Genesis Film Productions, one of India’s leading production houses, established in 1977 He is renowned...

 for a year as a production assistant. During this time Prateik was cast in advertisement films for several companies, including KitKat.

Prateik made his acting debut in the Aamir Khan

Aamir Khan

Aamir Hussain Khan is an Indian film actor, director and producer who has established himself as one of the leading actors of Hindi cinema....

 production, Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na

Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na

Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na is a 2008 Bollywood film, written and directed by Abbas Tyrewala. The film stars Imran Khan and Genelia D'Souza in pivotal roles...

, alongside Imran Khan

Imran Khan (actor)

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 and Genelia D'Souza

Genelia D'Souza

Genelia D'Souza is an Indian actress, model, and host. She has appeared in Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam language films. After gaining wide attention in a Parker Pen commercial with Amitabh Bachchan, D'Souza began her acting career with Tujhe Meri Kasam in 2003...

. His portrayal of Genelia's brother, Amit, won him plaudits from critics and earned him several awards and nominations. The film went on to become a major commercial success.
He next appeared in Kiran Rao

Kiran Rao

Kiran Rao is an Indian film producer, screenwriter, and director.-Early life:Rao was born in Bangalore into a Konkani family on November 7, 1973. She was raised in Calcutta where she attended Loreto House and La Martiniere Calcutta. In 1992, her parents decided to leave Calcutta so she shifted to...

's critically acclaimed Dhobi Ghaat

Dhobi Ghaat

Dhobi Ghat , is a 2010 Hindi drama film directed by Kiran Rao in her directorial debut. The film stars Aamir Khan, Prateik Babbar, Monica Dogra, and Kriti Malhotra and is produced under the banner of Aamir Khan Productions. Aamir Khan plays one of the lead roles in the movie as a painter...

, which opened to positive reviews at film festivals worldwide. He featured in the action-thriller Dum Maro Dum

Dum Maro Dum (film)

Dum Maaro Dum is a 2011 Hindi crime thriller film directed by Rohan Sippy and starring Abhishek Bachchan, Rana Daggubati, Bipasha Basu and Prateik Babbar. Aditya Pancholi also stars in the film which has been shot in Goa. Deepika Padukone makes a special appearance in the remix version of the hit...

alongside Abhishek Bachchan

Abhishek Bachchan

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 and Rana Daggubati

Rana Daggubati

Rana Daggubati is an Indian actor. Better known as Rana, he was born on 14 December 1984 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He is the son of film producer D. Suresh Babu, the latter being the elder son of D. Ramanaidu. Venkatesh is D. Ramanaidu's younger son. Rana is also nephew of another Tollywood actor...

. He has been seen alongside Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan

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, Saif Ali Khan

Saif Ali Khan

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, Deepika Padukone

Deepika Padukone

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 and Manoj Bajpai

Manoj Bajpai

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 in the Prakash Jha

Prakash Jha

Prakash Jha is an Indian film producer-director-screenwriter, who is most known for his political and socio-political films such as Damul , Mrityudand , Gangaajal , Apaharan and multistarrer hit movie Raajneeti...

 film Aarakshan

Aarakshan

Aarakshan is a 2011 Hindi film starring Amitabh Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone. Directed by Prakash Jha, the film is a socio-political drama based on the controversial policy of caste based reservations in government jobs and educational institutions...

, released in August 2011.

Filmography

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| 2008 || Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na || Amit Mahant || Winner, Filmfare Special Jury Award
Winner, Stardust Award for Breakthrough Performance – Male
Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated, Star Screen Award for best Promising Newcomer – Male
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|rowspan="4"| 2011 ||Dhobi Ghaat

Dhobi Ghaat

Dhobi Ghat , is a 2010 Hindi drama film directed by Kiran Rao in her directorial debut. The film stars Aamir Khan, Prateik Babbar, Monica Dogra, and Kriti Malhotra and is produced under the banner of Aamir Khan Productions. Aamir Khan plays one of the lead roles in the movie as a painter...

|| Munna ||
|-
| Dum Maro Dum

Dum Maro Dum (film)

Dum Maaro Dum is a 2011 Hindi crime thriller film directed by Rohan Sippy and starring Abhishek Bachchan, Rana Daggubati, Bipasha Basu and Prateik Babbar. Aditya Pancholi also stars in the film which has been shot in Goa. Deepika Padukone makes a special appearance in the remix version of the hit...

|| Lorry || Special Appearance
|-
| Aarakshan

Aarakshan

Aarakshan is a 2011 Hindi film starring Amitabh Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone. Directed by Prakash Jha, the film is a socio-political drama based on the controversial policy of caste based reservations in government jobs and educational institutions...

|| Sushant ||
|-
| My Friend Pinto

My Friend Pinto

My Friend Pinto is a 2011 Bollywood film shot directed by Raaghav Dar and starring Prateik Babbar, Kalki Koechlin, Arjun Mathur, Shruti Seth, Makrand Deshpande, Raj Zutshi and Divya Dutta. The film is produced by Ronnie Screwvala and Sanjay Leela Bhansali...

|| Michael Pinto ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2012 || Ek Deewana Tha || Sachin || Post-production
|-
| Issaq || || Filming

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