Karan Johar was probably one of the first celeb from bollywood who opted for surrogacy to become father to twins, Ruhi and Yash. He welcomed twins, Yash and Roohi in February 2017. After that, many popular bollywood couples opted to have their own baby through this process. Surrogacy is when a woman carries a baby for someone else who can’t have a baby on their own, so they ask another woman to help them by carrying the baby for them until it’s born. Apart from Karan Johar, these are 5 Celebrity Bollywood Couples Who Opted for Surrogacy to fulfil their dreams of becoming parents.
1. Gauri and Shahrukh Khan:
Shah Rukh Khan and his wife Gauri welcomed their third child, AbRam, through surrogacy in the year 2013. The couple chose surrogacy as an option to expand their family, after son Aryan and daughter Suhana were in their teenage years. SRK and Gauri themselves were in their 40s when they decided to opt for this kind of intervention to have their third baby, Abram. Their decision to opt for surrogacy brought attention to the topic and encouraged discussions about alternative methods of family planning in the public sphere.
2. Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra:
Shilpa Shetty and her husband Raj Kundra welcomed their daughter, Samisha, through surrogacy. The couple chose this path to parenthood due to various personal reasons. Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra are parents to their son, Viaan Raj Kundra who was born in 2012. This bollywood couple had earlier decided to opt for adoption but then decided to go for a surrogate to deliver their baby girl. Samisha was born in February 2020, and Shilpa Shetty shared the news with her fans and followers on social media.
3. Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas:
Priyanka Chopra and husband Nick Jonas though not exactly a bollywood couple, since Nick is a singer, but yet this celeb couple, opted to have their daughter, Malti Marie, through surrogacy in 2022 due to medical complications. They named their daughter Malti Marie, choosing the first names of their respective mothers. Priyanka Chopra’s mother’s name is Madhumalti and Nick Jonas’ mother’s name is Marie.
4. Kiran Rao and Aamir Khan:
Though this bollywood couple are now divorced, Kiran Rao and Aamir Khan had revealed that surrogacy was their only option as they had failed all other options to get pregnant. The couple had married back in 2005. They had met each other on the set s of their iconic film “Lagaan” where Aamir Khan was the lead actor and Kiran Rao was an assistant director to Ashutosh Gowariker. Aamir and Kiran Rao’s son, Azad Rao Khan was born in 2011. Aamir has two children, daughter Ira and son Junaid from his first marriage to Reena Dutta. Aamir Khan had married Reena Dutta in 1986 and got divorced in 2002. Aamir’s daughter, Ira Khan, recently got married to fitness trainer, Nupur Shikhare in February 2024, where the entire Khan family, including his first wife Reena Dutta, second wife Kiran Rao and all their children were in full attendance.
5. Ekta Kapoor:
Taking inspiration from her brother Tusshar Kapoor who had his son Laksshya Kapoor in 2016, Ekta Kapoor too welcomed her son Ravie Kapoor through the same way in 2019.
Summing up, surrogacy serves as a beacon of hope for individuals or couples facing challenges in conceiving or carrying a pregnancy, offering a pathway to parenthood filled with love and joy. Johar’s story is just one among many, as several other celebrity couples have also chosen surrogacy to fulfill their aspirations of becoming parents.
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