For someone who is born and brought up in Mumbai can swear by every nook and cranny of the city. Prateik Babbar who was once a party animal now prefers to keep a low profile on the social circuit. He thinks the city clubs are just too crowded to even stand comfortably. Prateik admits to having been a hard partier for anentire year. He says he would stay out of the house for 3-4 days in a row and would avoide the rest of the world, would never take phone calls.

It’s a lesser known fact that Prateik Babbar had campaigned for his politician daddy in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections. Dad Raj Babbar was contesting from Firozabad and won by a whopping 85,000 votes, maybe all because of the presence of his little lucky mascot.

Did you know this new-on-floor potential art house film actor is not yet a graduate? Prateik Babbar dropped out of college when he was 18 and got into the advertising world. He stared big at a young age since he studied in Subhash Ghai’s Whistling Woods for a term and then joined ad man Prahlad Kakkar. Prahlad Kakkar was a good friend of his mothers in the past and was still in touch with Prateik. Also Prateik is great friends with Prahlads son, Arnav. So one phone call was all it took to do the trick. That is how he got the Kitkat and Pepsi ads.

Being the son of great actors, most importantly the legend Smita Patil and the multifarious Raj Babbar, anyone would think the genes in the boy would anyway work wonders for him.

In his debut film ‘Jaane Tu..’ Prateik was this skinny crazy looking lad. But in reality he is quite a health freak. “I love fitness” he admits. Exercising gives him the high. His regular daily routine includes waking up at 6 am and hitting the gym by 7 am. He works out with passion since he loves to savour the results after hardwork. Prateik has reportedly said that he loves the way his body looks now. And truly he’s going great guns since he was spotted in the Lakme Fashion Week walking the ramp for designer Kunal Rawal. Prateik was the showstopper flaunting the vibrant mix of Indian and Cuban sensibilities.