Updated On: 06 January, 2025 05:25 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
A heartbreaking piece of news has come that Dr Rustom Soonawala, who delivered Taimur, Kareena, passed away at the age of 95 on Sunday, January 5

Gynaecologist Dr Rustom Soonawala passed away
In 2016, Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan welcomed their first child, Taimur Ali Khan, who quickly became a favourite of the paparazzi. With Taimur's birth, something that made headlines was the doctor Kareena and Saif chose for the delivery of their first child. Gynaecologist Dr Rustom Soonawala, a favourite of several Bollywood families, delivered Taimur, and the interesting fact was that he had also brought Kareena into the world. Now, a heartbreaking piece of news has come that Dr Rustom Soonawala passed away at the age of 95 on Sunday, January 5.
Dr. Rustom passed away due to a prolonged illness. The Padma Shri awardee invented the polyethene IUD in the 1960s, a device used for birth control. Dr. Rustom had been a family gynaecologist for the Kapoors. He delivered Karisma Kapoor in 1974. He also delivered Neetu Kapoor and Rishi Kapoor’s son, Bollywood heartthrob Ranbir Kapoor, into the world in 1982.