Karan Johar reveals his decision to have Yash and Roohi via surrogacy at 40: “My mother asked what my life plans were as marriage wasn’t on the cards” 40 : Bollywood News

Filmmaker Karan Johar is a father to two kids – Yash Johar and Roohi Johar. Yash is named after his late father and Roohi is an anagram of his mother Hiroo Johar’s name. The filmmaker had the twins via surrogacy in 2017 and he has been co-parenting them with his mother. In a recent conversation, Karan revealed the decision behind having the kids at 40.

Karan Johar reveals his decision to have Yash and Roohi via surrogacy at 40: “My mother asked what my life plans were as marriage wasn’t on the cards”

In a recent interview with The Week, Karan Johar said, “When I was 40, my mother asked me what my life plans were since marriage wasn’t on the cards. I told her I really wanted to have babies. She was wonderful [about it], but I was taking my time.”

“She reminded me again a year later. I only told her about it once the doctors informed me that three months of pregnancy was complete. The babies were expected in April, but they arrived in February. I had to officially announce their arrival from a flight to London once I knew a couple of newspapers were going to carry the story. I could go to the hospital only a month after,” Karan added.

He said that even though he gets trolled often, whenever he puts up pictures or videos of his kids, there are only positive comments. He said, “I am used to trolling, but surprisingly, my kids were met with so much love. Even now, when I put up anything about them, there is not a single negative comment.”

On the work front, Karan Johar last directed Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani starring Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt in the lead roles. It was released in July 2023.