Shriya Saran and Andrei Koscheev name their baby girl Radha, former opens up about how difficult it was to keep it a secret

Shriya Saran and her husband Andrei Koscheev had embarked on the journey to parenthood quite some months but it was just a few days back that they revealed this news to the world. Shriya is a happy and proud mother and now, in a recent interview she has opened up about what the couple have named their child and how difficult was it to keep it all a secret.

Talking to ETimes, Shriya and Andrei revealed that they have named their daughter Radha. Andrei revealed, "Shriya was talking to her mom on the phone before the baby was born. We had just found out that we were going to be having a baby girl. And then her mom just started calling her Radha Rani and I was like, ‘why?’ I asked because in Russian, ‘Radha’ means happiness. Both Russian and Hindi come from Sanskrit and ‘Radha’ in both our languages means happiness. And right there we knew that was the name for our child. We weren’t considering any other option. We just decided in five minutes that she was Radha."

Talking about keeping the pregnancy a secret, Shriya said, "I just wanted to be healthy and enjoy the process. I wanted to concentrate on this beautiful journey and experience every moment of it the way it is meant to be. I didn’t want any scrutiny or anyone telling me how I should look or behave. The whole time when I was pregnant and during delivery, it was my time with the child and I wanted to keep it to myself. I wanted to be able to go for a walk without having to worry about people constantly looking at me. It was important for me to keep it to myself and not share the news till I was ready. Now that I’m back and ready to get back to work, I feel like I’m ready to share this wonderful news with the rest of the world."

Congratulations to the proud parents.