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‘I didn’t anticipate triplets’: Farah Khan on conceiving via IVF at 42 | Bollywood News

‘I didn’t anticipate triplets’: Farah Khan on conceiving via IVF at 42 | Bollywood News

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4 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Jun 26, 2026 06:16 PM IST While directing her 2007 blockbuster Om Shanti Om, filmmaker-choreographer Farah Khan was navigating a major personal challenge, having undergone two unsuccessful IVF attempts. In 2008, she welcomed triplets, Anya, Diva and Czar, with her husband Shirish Kunder. During a candid conversation with Shekhar Suman on his show Shekhar Tonite, Farah opened up about becoming a mother after 40 and her struggles with weight following the pregnancy. ‘Didn’t anticipate three babies’ During the episode, Farah Khan revealed that while she had hoped to become a mother through IVF, she never imagined she would welcome triplets. “3 ka anticipate nahi kiya tha lekin maine socha tha 1 toh hoga hi…I was 42 when I was trying IVF, 43 when I delivered toh mera woh daayra bhi paar ho chuka tha (I never anticipated having three babies, but I was certain I’d have at least one. I was 42 when I underwent IVF and 43 when I gave birth, so I had already crossed what is generally considered …

Farah Khan suffered 2 failed IVF attempts, got pregnant the third time amid Om Shanti Om; Shah Rukh ‘helped her unknowingly’: ‘I lived in the loo, had rashes all over’ | Bollywood News

Farah Khan suffered 2 failed IVF attempts, got pregnant the third time amid Om Shanti Om; Shah Rukh ‘helped her unknowingly’: ‘I lived in the loo, had rashes all over’ | Bollywood News

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Farah Khan tied the knot with filmmaker Shirish Kunder at the age of 39, while he was 31. A few years into their marriage, the couple decided to start a family—only to face the many challenges that come with age and societal stigma. With her “biological clock” ticking, Farah chose the IVF route, a topic few dared to discuss openly at the time. Now, nearly two decades later, the filmmaker-choreographer has spoken candidly about her IVF experience—how she failed twice before finally being blessed with triplets on her third attempt—and how the journey tested her physically and emotionally. Speaking to her close friend Sania Mirza on Serving It Up with Sania, Farah said, “It was quite common even then, but no one spoke about it. Everyone pretended like a stork had dropped the baby into their stomach. I don’t know why it was taboo. I was probably the first celebrity to talk about it openly, and after that, I realised how many IVF babies there actually were. It’s completely legal—why should it be a taboo?” …

When Farah Khan said her kids are ‘from IVF’: ‘No, pizza man didn’t deliver you’ | Bollywood

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Choreographer-filmmaker Farah Khan had once said that she can proudly say that her children–daughters Diva and Anya and son Czar were born via IVF and that no ‘pizza man’ delivered them. Talking to the media in 2016, Farah had said that she had babies when she was 43 as she got ‘caught up in building career that later you realize things’. (Also Read | Farah Khan cries and hugs Sajid Khan on Bigg Boss 16, says ‘mom is proud of you’) Farah Khan married Shirish Kunder in December 2004. She gave birth to triplets in 2008 through in vitro fertilisation. Farah regularly shares posts with her children on Instagram. Speaking during a launch event of a fertility clinic, Farah had said, “It is important that we come forward and take pride in this because it gives so much courage and so much hope to people who want to do it, but are scared to do it. I proudly say that my children are from IVF and no, a pizza man did not deliver you. I …