Actress Ankita Lokhande took to social media on 1 August to share warm birthday wishes for two of the most important people in her life — her husband Vicky Jain and her mother Vandana. The heartfelt posts, shared on her Instagram Stories, offered a rare personal glimpse into the actress's world beyond the screen.

What Ankita Shared

In the first story, Ankita posted a picture alongside Vicky and wrote: 'Wish u a long long long life my world. Happy birthday to the man of my life.' She followed it with a photograph of herself with her mother, captioning it: 'Meri maa I love u and i cant repay u in any form what you gave me. Happy birthday my life.'

Ankita and Vicky's Journey Together

Ankita Lokhande and Vicky Jain tied the knot in 2021, after Ankita publicly acknowledged their relationship in 2019. The couple have since become a familiar presence on television together. Most recently, they appeared on the culinary reality show Laughter Chefs – Unlimited Entertainment, hosted by Bharti Singh and judged by chef Harpal Singh Sokhi. The show is adapted from the Tamil-language series Cooku with Comali on Star Vijay TV.

The recently concluded third season featured a lineup that included Abhishek Kumar, Samarth Jurel, Aly Goni, Jannat Zubair, Arjun Bijlani, Tejasswi Prakash, Elvish Yadav, Karan Kundrra, Kashmera Shah, Krushna Abhishek, Nia Sharma, and Sudesh Lehri, alongside Ankita and Vicky. Aly Goni and Jannat Zubair were declared the season's winners.

Ankita Lokhande: Career at a Glance

Ankita rose to prominence with her debut lead role as Archana Deshmukh in the long-running television drama Pavitra Rishta, where she starred opposite Sushant Singh Rajput and Hiten Tejwani from 2009 to 2014. She subsequently appeared in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 4, Comedy Circus ka Naya Daur, and Ek Thhi Naayka.

Her Bollywood debut came in 2018 with the epic biographical drama Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi, based on the life of Rani Lakshmi Bai. She followed that with the action thriller Baaghi 3 in 2020, starring alongside Tiger Shroff, Shraddha Kapoor, and Riteish Deshmukh. In 2021, she reprised her iconic role as Archana in the web series Pavitra Rishta: It's Never Too Late, opposite Shaheer Sheikh. Her most recent film appearance was in Swatantrya Veer Savarkar (2024), opposite Randeep Hooda.

With a career spanning television, reality shows, and films, Ankita continues to maintain a strong connect with her audience — and her latest social media posts suggest that personal milestones matter just as much to her as professional ones.