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,
“I believe one must be happy in life. [It doesn’t matter] whether you are married or single. For me, the idea was that Tusshar and Ekta should have someone to come back home to. A baby is the biggest blessing and responsibility to have. With responsibility comes to passion, love, happiness and a purpose in life. There cannot be a bigger responsibility than taking care of a baby.”Jeetendra, Actor
An ecstatic Ekta Kapoor shared,
“By God’s grace, I have seen many successes in my life, but nothing beats the feeling of this beautiful soul being added in my world. I cannot even begin to express how happy my baby’s birth has made me. Everything in life doesn’t go the way you want it to but there are always solutions to those hiccups. I found mine and today I feel immensely blessed to become a parent. It is an emotional moment for me and my family and I can’t wait to begin this new journey of being a mother.”Ekta Kapoor, Producer
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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