Many celebrities too have experienced the “Double Happiness” of becoming parents of twins. Here is a list of popular Indian celebrities who are proud parents of twins.Twins may be ‘identical’ or ‘fraternal’. ‘Identical twins’ are monozygotic, which means that they are from one Zygote which later on split into two embryos. As the name suggests identical twins look the same and are of the same gender. ‘Fraternal Twins’ are dizygotic, which means that they are formed from two different egg cells which are fertilised independently by different sperm cells. Fraternal
twins can be of the different genders that means a girl and a boy.
Here is a list of some of the star kids given who are either identical or fraternal twins. Read on to know more about these
star kids who may sometimes become celebrities themselves in the future.
Sanjay Dutt and Manyata Dutt
Sanjay Dutt, the famous superstar got married to Manyata Dutt on 7th February 2008, at a place in Goa. Manyata Dutt who was born on July 22, 1979 in Mumbai as Dilnawaz Shiekh was originally living in Dubai. But her love for acting brought her to Bollywood and she is a well known item song dancer. According to the sources, the couple had a courtship period of about nine years before they first announced their relationship in the year 2007. Later they got married in 2008. This is Sanjay Dutt’s third marriage and Manyata’s second marriage.
Both went through much emotional turmoil after their respective divorces. It is said that after the duo met,
Sanjay Dutt became a huge fan of Manyata’s culinary skills. He was completely bowled over the food that Manyata used to bring for him. Manyata was also always there as a mental support with Sanjay Dutt when he was serving in Yerwada Central Jail. The couple began to live together in his bungalow in Pali Hills after getting a bail from the court.
The couple became proud parents of the twins named Shahraan and Iqra on October 21, 2010. They are fraternal twins, Shahraan being the little gentleman and Iqra , the beautiful princess. ‘Shahraan’ is a name commonly used in Persia where as ‘Iqra’ is a Hebrew name. The word ‘Shahraan’ comes from two different words “Shah” meaning ‘majestic’ and “Raan” meaning “combatant”. The Hebrew word “Iqra” means “to educate”.
Shatrugan Sinha and Poonam Sinha
Famous yesteryear superstar and his former wife Poonam Sinha have two twin sons named Luv and Kush. They are 30 years old now and are yet to mark their presence in
Bollywood. Though Luv Sinha has made his debut in 2010 as the lead actor in the film “Sadiyaan”, but could not make it that popular. Their sister, Sonakshi Sinha has stepped into Bollywood 5 years ago and is a famous actress now. Poonam Sinha got the Miss Young India Pageant in the year 1968 and has worked in a few films in the South.
The duo first met in a train compartment where they both were travelling. After a small courtship period, they got married in 1980. She left her career in acting to raise their children. Shatrugan Sinha has left his acting career and has joined politics.
Celina Jaitley and Peter Hag
Celina Jaitley, the former Indian actress was born in November 24, 1981. She won the Femina Miss India Universe Pageant in 2001. She started her acting career in 2003 in a thriller Bollywood movie “Janasheen”. It did not make up to the box office but she made her presence felt in Bollywood by her beauty and glamour. She has done many endorsements for various products and is still spending time on it. She married Peter Hag, an Australian based businessman and a famous hotelier on July 23, 2011. As per news they secretly got married in a monastery in Austria which is 1000 years old. Later on 24th March, 2012, she gave birth to two twin baby boys in Dubai. They named their boys Winston and Viraaj. The kids celebrated their second birthday with great pomp and show in 2014.
Hiten Tejwani and Gauri Pradhan
The popular TV stars, Hiten Tejwani and Gauri Pradhan are married for more than a decade. Born on 5th March, 1974, Hiten started his acting career in the TV serial “Ghar Ek Mandir”. He also appeared in the movies “Anwar”, “Joggers’ Park” and “Krishna Cottage”. Before acting into TV serials, he did some commercials too. Gauri Pradhan was born on 16th September, 1977. This former model did many popular TV serials like “Kyunki Saas bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi”, “Special Squad”, “Kaisa Yeh Pyaar Hai” etc. Hiten Tejwani met Gauri Pradhan in Hyderabad where they had a shooting session for a commercial. Initially both of them did not interacted much but the scenario changed when Gauri got an offer to work opposite Hiten in a TV Serial “Kutumb”. Both of them also acted in another popular TV series “Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi”.
Hiten and Gauri got married on 29th April, 2004 after they had a courtship of two years. Both became proud parents of twins on 11th November, 2009 when Gauri gave birth to a son and a daughter at the Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai. They have a daughter named Katya and a son named Nevaan. After
having twin babies Gauri concentrated fully on looking after her babies. She took a long gap of 5 years from her flourishing acting career. Hiten continued his work with for TV serials. On the 2nd birthday of his twins, Gauri arranged for a pool party at Ruja Park where she invited the little ones from her residential society and also from her twins’ pre-school. A Cake with a shape of a swimming pool was ordered for the party and return gifts also complemented the pool party theme.
Currently Hiten is appearing in the TV serial “Gaanga”. After a long gap from her acting career, Gauri is now appearing in the TV serial “Meri Ashiqui Tumse Hi” where she is playing the role of a single mother.
Having twin babies is a miracle from God. Parents of twins need to be more cautious, raising their kids together. There are many Hollywood couples also who are proud parents of twin kids and show off the whole world, the immense happiness that God has given them.
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