India, Aug. 17 -- Actor Nakuul Mehta and singer wife Jankee Parekh became parents to a baby girl on August 15. The couple made an announcement on Instagram with a collaboration post on Sunday and also revealed her name- Rumi.

Talking to HT City, the new father exclaims, "We are overjoyed to welcome her into our little world. It's always the child who chooses the parent and one can't help but feel immense gratitude that we get to do this parenting thing all over again. It's been a couple days only and I feel almost dazed being on a set, pretending to get some serious work done whist my heart craves time with the family."

Nakuul is shuttling between work and home as he speaks to us. Waxing philosophical about the newborn's name, he adds, ...