MUMBAI: As his twins Roohi and Yash turned eight on Friday, filmmaker Karan Johar said that his biggest achievement is one of being a father to them.
Karan took to his Instagram, where he shared a gamut of adorable pictures posing with his children, whom he said has named them after his parents because he felt it’s “beyond a lineage.”
In the caption section, Karan penned down his emotions. He wrote: “My biggest Achievement is one of being a Father…. I named them after my parents because I felt beyond a lineage or a name an emotion must continue … they are my world!!!”
Calling his twins the “biggest prayers”, he wished Roohi and Yash – happy birthday.
“Happy birthday Roohi and Yash… my biggest prayer for you both is to be Kind always, ” he wrote.
Karan welcomed twins Yash and Roohi via surrogacy in February 2017. He named Yash after his late father-filmmaker Yash Johar, while Roohi is a rearrangement of his mother's name, Hiroo.
Karan’s close friends from the industry took to the comment section to wish Yash and Roohi.
Actress Janhvi Kapoor wrote: “Happy birthday to Yash and Rooooooooohi.”
Malaika Arora said: “ Happy birthday dear Roohi n Yash (sic).”
Designer-film producer Manish Malhotra simply wished the twins as he wrote: “Happy happy birthday dearest Yash and Roohi.”
Filmmaker-choreographer Farah Khan penned: “Happy birthday to the angels.”
Wishing the two bundles of joy, Karan’s close friend Neelam Kothari commented: “Happy birthday Roohi and Yash.”
Tagging the eight-year-olds as “munchkins”, Raj Kundra said “Happy Birthday.”
Upon their arrival in 2017, Karan had shared a statement where he said: "I am ecstatic to share with you all the two most wonderful additions to my life, my children and lifelines; Roohi and Yash.
"I feel enormously blessed to be a parent to these pieces of my heart who were welcomed into this world with the help of the marvels of medical science.”