Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan have become proud parents of a baby girl. The actress gave birth to a girl this morning at the Seven Hills hospital in Andheri, a western Mumbai suburb.

An ecstatic Amitabh Bachchan tweeted, “I AM DADA to the cutest baby girl !!” While first-time dad Abhishek tweeted, “IT’S A GIRL!!!!!! :)))))”

Ash was accompanied to the hospital by her parents Vrinda and Krishnaraj Rai, brother Aditya, husband Abhishek and in-laws Amitabh, Jaya and Shweta Nanda.

Amar Singh also paid a visit to the Bachchans.

The news of Ash’s pregnancy was broken by Amitabh Bachchan through Twitter in June this year. As Bollywood’s first family and their well-wishers celebrated the Big B received over 2,000 congratulatory tweets the same day and people thronged the Bachchan residence in Juhu to celebrate.

The Bachchans chose a suburban hospital for the delivery, presumably to avoid media glare. While TV news channels, on their part, had agreed to stay away from the developments, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry had ordered television media not to park their vans outside the hospital.

Bachchan was questioned about having asked the I&B ministry to intervene in the matter. To which, he replied: ‘HaHa ! Print MidDay asking if I have told I&B Ministry to block media news of Aish delivery ! Absolute rubbish ! Good try MDay ! &B and media matter ! Firstly I have no such intention ever, secondly do you really think I&B would listen to me !?? No way baby !’

Ash and Abhishek got together during the filming of Guru and got married in a glitzy ceremony in 2007 in the presence of the family’s closest friends and associates.

Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan are also grandparents to daughter Shweta Nanda’s two kids — daughter Navya Naveli and son Agastya.

Here’s wishing the proud parents a happy life ahead with their bundle of joy.

Bollywood congratulates Aishwarya-Abhishek:

Even as the hashtag #BabyB made its way to today’s trending list on Twitter, Bollywood stars joined thousands of well-wishers to congratulate the Bachchan family on the latest arrival in the family.

Bipasha Basu was one of the first stars to congratulate in 140 characters. She wrote: “OMG! So excited Baby B is Daddy to a lil Angel! Congrats Ash n @juniorbachchan n to d entire family!Welcome sweet baby girl:)”

Bipasha stars alongside Abhishek in Abbas-Mustan’s upcoming multi-starrer Players.

Filmmaker Karan Johar tweeted, ‘Congratulations!! Baby B had a baby girl!! @juniorbachchan!!! All the love and happiness…am sure she will be the prettiest girl ever!!!’

He also tweeted to the Big B. He wrote: ‘Congratulations @SrBachchan!!!! Super exciting news….all the love and happiness amit uncle!!!!’

Ace photographer Atul Kasbekar tweeted, ‘Yay! Many Congratulations Daddy-O. RT @juniorbachchan: IT’S A GIRL!!!!!! :-)))))’

He also joked with Abhishek, who’s a huge football fan, ‘And tempting as it may be, pleeeaasee do not name her…”Chelsea” ;-)’

Actress Genelia D’Souza was super excited about the news too. She tweeted to the Big B: ‘@SrBachchan congrats sir, I’m sure Jayaji n u r thrilled,, so so happy n lots n lots of love.’

But her first tweet was for Abhishek Bachchan as she wrote to him, ‘congraattttsss abhishek, I’m soooo excited pls give ash a biggg hugg, can’t wait 2c d lil angell.’

Bong beauty Raima Sen also congratulated Abhishek.

Actor Boman Irani, who’s worked with Amitabh Bachchan in Waqt: The Race Againt Time and Eklavya and with Abhishek in Game, was ecstatic when the news got out. He tweeted to Abhishek, ‘@juniorbachchan OHHHH MAAAARAAAAA BAAAAAAP!!!!! Overjoyed my darlings!!!!!!’

His next tweet was directed to the Big B. He wrote: ‘@SrBachchan Dadaji!!!!!! All of us here are delirious with joy! Bless you all!’

Filmmaker Anubhav Sinha, who’s directed Abhishek-starrer Dus, tweeted, ‘Congratulations @juniorbachchan @SrBachchan :-) and family.’

Noted lyricist Javed Akhtar got a little nostalgic as he tweeted to Amitabh Bachchan, ‘Congratulations Amitabh ji, this has evoked my memory of the day when Shweta was born. Time flies and how swiftly !!’

Producer Ritesh Sidhwani tweeted, ‘Congratulations Ab and Ash.. Lots of love to the new angel in your life. Love’

Former veejay Sophie Choudry tweeted, ‘Congratulations @juniorbachchan @SrBachchan on the arrival of baby Bachchan! Hope mummy Ash & the bundle of joy are doing well! God Bless!’

Tara Sharma, Abhishek’s costar from Om Jai Jagdish who’s a mommy herself, tweeted, ‘@SrBachchan @juniorbachchan A huggge congrats to all the family…Lotsa Love Tara Roopak Kai Zen Partap and Sue.’

Actress Sonam Kapoor, who’s done Delhi 6 with Abhishek and will be seen in Players too, tweeted, ‘CONGRATULATIONS @SrBachchan and @juniorbachchan!! I’m so so excited for you! Lots and lots of love and happiness!’

Celina Jailtey, who’s expecting her first child herself, also wished, ‘Congratulations to u, jayaji aishwarya and proud daddy abhisheik and nani n nana :)’.

Filmmaker Rohan Sippy, one of Abhishek’s closest friends, tweeted, ‘@juniorbachchan congratulations- awesome news!!!’

Anupam Kher updated, ‘CONGRATULATIONS @juniorbachchan and Ash. So so Happy. May the new arrival in the family bring more happiness, joy and peace. Love.:)’

Arjun Rampal also greeted the Bachchan family on Twitter. He wrote: ‘Congratulation daddy cool @juniorbachchan and the coolest DaDaji @SrBachchan and the most beautiful Mommy Ash and the lovely Dadi Jayaji.’

Raveena Tandon tweeted on behalf of her family, ‘@SrBachchan CONGRATULATIONS my dearest Amitji!! love to ash and Abhishek!! godbless the lil Angel!!love Raveena Anil’