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On Sunday bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar announced that he had become father to twins – a boy and a girl – through surrogacy. Introducing the children as Roohi and Yash, Mr Johar in a statement he tweeted said the children were the “two most wonderful additions to my life and lifelines”.
The twins were born on February 7, and it has been heard that they were born premature.
The twins have been in hospital since their premature birth on February 7 and are likely to be discharged after two more weeks, reveals the director’s close friend.
A family friend revealed that the twins, born to a surrogate mother in an Andheri nursing home, were immediately transferred to Surya Mother & Child Hospital in Santa Cruz (west). “They are in NICU and likely to be there for a couple of weeks or more,” said Johar’s friend.
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The babies were born around two months premature and weighed around 1.5kg each.
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On Sunday, Johar issued a statement thanking the “marvels of medical science”, but doctors pointed out that clinics across the city had stopped commissioning surrogacy for single individuals.Dr Jatin Shah, whom Johar thanked, told TOI, “I am very happy for Karan.”
Johar’s wish to become a parent was seen in his recent autobiography, An Unsuitable Boy, when he had said, “”I don’t know what I’m going to do about it but I feel like I would like to be a parent. I don’t know how it’s going to happen but I do feel the need because I have plenty of love to offer and I’d like to take it forward.”
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