Karan Johar made a surprise announcement that he’s now a father to twins born through surrogacy. The popular filmmaker kept it a secret and shared a heartfelt message about the arrival of his newborns. Karan Johar is not the first celebrity to have chosen this route. Many celebrities are choosing surrogacy as an option for have their biological children. IVF has been the most trusted choice of these celebs in the past decade. Though it’s quite common in the United States, only a handful of the Bollywood celebrities have joined the bandwagon.

Some of the stars marry later in their career and biological clock ticks and ticks away. Choosing to have children in your 40s can be stressful to many parents, though it’s not impossible. Surrogacy came in as a savior such couples.

 

Shah Rukh Khan- Gauri Khan

 

 

The ‘trend’ started with none other than Badshah of Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan. SRK and wife Gauri stunned the industry when they revealed that they had their third child AbRam through surrogacy. The news was welcomed by his fans and admirers. However, the identity of the surrogate mother has been kept under wraps. Many rumors came to light about the mystery surrogate mother. SRK and Co chose to keep mum and with time, AbRam has become the star of the family. Reports also suggested that Gauri Khan did not want to go through the painful experience of ‘delivering’ a baby and chose to use a surrogate.Well, we don’t know how true is that!