Shamita Shetty Reveals How her Sister Shilpa Desperately wanted a Girl Child

Shilpa Shetty Kundra and Raj Kundra have been recently blessed with a baby girl. The couple welcomed their second child on February 15, 2020 through surrogacy and have named her Samisha. The proud parents are on cloud nine since their little princess' arrival and also threw a pink-themed party to welcome her.

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Now, Shilpa's sister and actress Shamita Shetty has expressed her joy on becoming a Maasi for the second time. Speaking to IANS, she revealed her happiness and also shared how her sister Shilpa "wanted a daughter", and has been dearly waiting for years to have one.

"I'm so excited to become maasi once again. Samisha is a bundle of joy and has brought in so much happiness in the family. Shilpa always wanted a daughter and I cannot be happier for the couple," IANS quoted Shamita as saying.

As reported earlier, last week, on the auspicious occasion of Mahashivratri, Shilpa and Raj made a surprise announcement about the arrival of their princess through social media posts and expressed how elated they are to embrace parenthood yet again.

"Our prayers have been answered with a miracle... With gratitude in our hearts, we are thrilled to announce the arrival of our little angel Samisha Shetty Kundra. Born: February 15, 2020. Junior SSK in the house," read an excerpt from Shilpa's post.

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Shipa Shetty married businessman Raj Kundra in 2009 and the couple are parents to a son named Viaan Raj Kundra aged 7 years.

On the work front, Shilpa Shetty was seen as one of the judges on the TV reality show Super Dancer Chapter 3, alongside choreographer Geeta Kapoor and filmmaker Anurag Basu. The actress will next be seen in Sabbir Khan's upcoming film Nikamma.

Shamita Shetty made her Bollywood debut with the 2000 film Mohabbatein. Shamita has also been a part of films like Fareb, Bewafaa, Zeher and Cash among others. Shamita also participated in television reality shows such as Bigg Boss 3 and Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa.