# Bhagya Lakshmi actress Maera Mishra expecting first child 2026-08-17T12:06:27+00:00 | Entertainment | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets Television actress Maera Mishra, known for her role as Malishka Bedi in Zee TV's Bhagya Lakshmi, has announced that she is expecting her first child with her husband Dr Rajul Yadav. In a social media video, she flaunted her baby bump in a black-and-white dress, writing: 'Some secrets are just too beautiful to keep. Our greatest adventure begins.' The couple revealed their 'Baby Junior' is coming soon. Fellow TV actors including Niti Taylor, Kanika Mann, Hiba Nawab, and Arti Singh congratulated her online. Maera married Dr Rajul Yadav, a Delhi-based dermatologist, on February 21, 2025, in an intimate ceremony in Delhi. They first met at a wedding in Mumbai in December 2022 and got engaged in April 2024. Maera, who moved to Mumbai from Bareilly at age 14, initially wanted to become an IAS officer. She entered television with shows like Dream Girl and Ashoka, gained fame on MTV Splitsvilla 11 in 2018, and became widely recognised for her role in Bhagya Lakshmi. ## Coverage - freepressjournal.in - bollywoodhungama.com This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-08-18T06:21:12+00:00. Tags: Bhagya Lakshmi, Maera Mishra Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/bhagya-lakshmi-star-maera-mishra-announces-pregnancy/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/bhagya-lakshmi-star-maera-mishra-announces-pregnancy/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/