Preity Zinta and husband Gene Goodenough become parents, welcome twins

Bollywood star Preity Zinta on Thursday announced that she and her husband, financial analyst Gene Goodenough have become parents to twins- a son and a daughter- through surrogacy. Zinta, who has been away from the big screen, said they have named their newborn babies Jai and Gia.

"Gene & I are overjoyed & our hearts are filled with so much gratitude & with so much love as we welcome our twins Jai Zinta Goodenough & Gia Zinta Goodenough into our family," she wrote on Twitter. The actor also thanked the medical staff and their surrogate "for being part of this incredible journey". "Loads of love and light," Zinta, 46, added. See the post here:

Several stars and her friends from the industry congratulated the actress and her husband. Right from Nargis Fakri to Iulia Vantur and Aastha Sharma, everyone was overjoyed.

Preity Zinta, who made her acting debut in 1998 with Mani Ratnam's Dil Se, tied the knot with her American boyfriend Gene Goodenough in a private ceremony in Los Angeles in 2016. Her film credits include titles like Soldier, Kya Kehna, Dil Chahta Hai, Kal Ho Naa Ho, Koi Mil Gaya, Veer-Zaara among others. Zinta was last seen in 2018 action-comedy Bhaiaji Superhit, which marked her return to the screen after a seven-year hiatus.