Nakuul Mehta, Jankee Parekh set to welcome their second child: ‘We are accepting blessings again'
In the photos, Jankee is seen proudly flaunting her baby bump. For the special shoot, the soon-to-be parents twinned in grey outfits, while the excited sibling-to-be looked thrilled. Little Sufi also showed off a drawing he made of his happy family of four.
The caption of the post read, 'The boy is ready for additional responsibility. So are we. We are accepting blessings, 𝓪𝓰𝓪𝓲𝓷.'
The happy news has left the couple's fans overjoyed. Actress Kritika Kamra responded to the post by saying, 'This family's about to get even cuter! How awesome😍 Congratulations ❤️, ' while actor Rithvik Dhanjani wrote, 'Hayeee 🧿🧿🧿😍😍😍 blessing and more blessings 🥹😍.' Actress Dia Mirza added, 'How wonderful ❤️❤️❤️ love love love love,' while others like Ayushmann Khurrana, Anita Hassanandani also reacted to the news.
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Nakuul Mehta and Jankee Parekh got married on January 28, 2012 and welcomed their son, Sufi, in February 2021. The couple had shared earlier how their son was just over two months old when he had to undergo surgery after being diagnosed with bilateral inguinal hernia.
On the work front, Nakuul is currently seen alongside Disha Parmar in the second season of Bade Acche Lagte Hain.
Kriti works as a Copy Editor for the Entertainment section of Indian Express Online (Indianexpress.com). She is great at web stories, galleries, and Express Archive's photo stories. She is good at spotting stories from social media posts. She makes the copies well-loaded with content, photos, tweets, and other related social media posts to make it interesting for the readers. An alumnus of Asian College of Journalism, Chennai (Specialization in New Media), Kriti has been a part of the organisation since November 2015. She took a transfer from Delhi to Bengaluru in April 2017. ... Read More
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