Balaji Telefilms powerhouse Ekta Kapoor turned mommy on 27 January as her son — Ravie — was born via surrogacy. Ekta seems to have followed in the footsteps of her brother Tusshar Kapoor who is a single dad to Laksshya, his son who was also born via surrogacy in 2017.
Yesteryear actor Jeetendra is over the moon at the news of the newest addition to his family. “I was a dada earlier. Now, I have become a nana. My life is complete!" he said to mid-day.
Commenting on his children’s decision to become single parents he said,
An ecstatic Ekta Kapoor shared,
She further adds, “I would like to thank Dr. Nandita Palshetkar under whose constant support and guidance, I was able to fulfill my dream.”
Dr. Nandita Palshetkar , who guided Ekta throughout the process throws light on it and shares, “Ekta Kapooor came to me some years back to become a mother. We tried to help her get pregnant with multiple cycles of iui and also multiple cycles of ivf. But we were unsuccessful. Hence we had to take help of the technique of surrogacy which we performed 9 months back at our Bloom Ivf centre . Nine months later she had achieved success with the birth of a child on Sunday.”
The baby boy has been named Ravie Kapoor after Ekta’s father’s name. It is for the first time that a female celebrity has chosen this route of surrogacy and become a single mom.
Sources close to Ekta reveal that, “She was keenly involved in the entire process. She would take constant updates about the mother and baby’s health at every stage from the doctor. It was her pure determination to become a mother that made this happen.”
A couple of years back, Ekta Kapoor’s brother, Tusshar Kapoor also became a father via surrogacy. It is wonderful to see the Kapoor khaandaan growing so beautifully.
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