Just days after Karan Johar announced the birth of his twins, TV couple Gurmeet Choudhary and Debina Bonnerjee too have become proud parents to two girls. The couple decided to adopt two girls – Pooja and Lata – aged 6 and 9 years respectively. Pooja, who is first cousins with Lata, was living with Lata’s father and family, but unfortunately for the girls, he passed away. This is when Gurmeet’s mum informed him about the situation and the actor decided to adopt them.
In an interview with TOI, he spoke about his decision and the new life that awaits them .
After hearing about their plight from my mother, I discussed them with my wife. Debina agreed with me that it was time to give the kids a home, a deserving education and my last name. All the paperwork is done. We will be going to Jarampur for the final signatures after Holi. It is a two-day process. Everybody, including my parents, keeps asking me when I’m planning a baby. Well, it’s official now, I’m bringing home two daughters and we couldn’t be more excited.
After one academic year, they will shift in with us in our Andheri home by 2018. My brother and his family live in Patna and they will be around to see that they are well cared for. Debina and I will travel to Patna three-four times in the year and stay there through their summer vacation too. The general belief is that you only adopt if you can’t have children of your own. That’s not true at all. Both Debina and I love kids and plan to have a couple of our own in the future. And when they come along they will be siblings for Pooja and Lata and all the Choudharys will happily live together under one roof.
How sweet! Congratulations, you guys. Can’t wait to see photos of the happy family. 🙂