Bollywood star Aamir Khan becomes father through surrogacy

MUMBAI (AFP) - Bollywood actor-producer-director Aamir Khan has become a father for the third time, using a surrogate mother, his publicist said on Monday.

The baby boy was born at a private clinic on Dec 1, the spokesman said. The child was 'very healthy' and now at home with Khan and his film-maker wife Kiran Rao in Mumbai, he added.

'It was a baby through surrogacy. It's the first baby he's had with Kiran... Kiran had a couple of miscarriages in the past so they had medical reasons to try out surrogacy,' he told AFP.

The Mid-day newspaper's website said that Khan and Rao had released a letter confirming the birth, saying that the baby was 'especially dear to us because he was born to us after a long wait and some difficulty.