Popular actress Preity Zinta and her husband surprised their followers and fans with pleasant news as they announced today the birth of their twins, Jai and Gia, by surrogacy in their posts on Twitter and Instagram.

Zinta had married Gene Goodenough in 2016 and they settled in Los Angeles.

On her Instagram the actor who made her Bollywood debut in well-known director Mani Ratnam’s film “Dil Se” wrote: "Hi everyone, I wanted to share our amazing news with all of you today. Gene and I are overjoyed and our hearts are filled with so much gratitude and with so much love as we welcome our twins Jai Zinta Goodenough and Gia Zinta Goodenough into our family. We are very excited about this new phase in our lives."

Zinta went on to thank the doctors involved and their surrogate. She wrote: "A heartfelt thank you to the doctors, nurses and to our surrogate for being part of this incredible journey. Loads of love and light – Gene, Preity, Jai and Gia. #gratitude#family #twins."

The actress who won innumerable fans by her acting in films like “Kal Ho Naa Ho”, “Veer-Zaara”, “Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna”, “Kya Kehna”, “Sangharsh”, “Dil Chahta Hai” and “Farz” among others married Gene Goodenough in 2016 and settled in Los Angeles.

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