New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS): The birth of Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan's first child, a baby girl Wednesday, brought cheer in tinsel town as celebrities like Anupam Kher, Javed Akhtar, Sonam Kapoor and Bipasha Basu tweeted congratulatory messages to the Bachchan family welcoming the little "angel".
Aishwarya delivered her bundle of joy at a private hospital in Mumbai a few minutes before 10 a.m.
Soon after Abhishek tweeted ""IT'S A GIRL!!!!!! :-)))))", and proud grandfather, megastar Amitabh Bachchan posted "I AM DADA to the cutest baby girl, A dada ji ... Ecstatic" on the micro-blogging site, good wishes started pouring in.
Here are some of the congratulatory messages:
Karan Johar: Congratulations!! Baby B had a baby girl!! @juniorbachchan!!! All the love and happiness...am sure she will be the prettiest girl ever!!!
Bipasha Basu: OMG! So excited Baby B is daddy to a li'l Angel! Congrats Ash n @juniorbachchan and to the entire family! Welcome sweet baby girl:)
Javed Akhtar: @SrBachchan. Congratulations Amitabh ji, this has evoked my memory of the day when Shweta was born. Time flies and how swiftly!!
Anupam Kher: CONGRATULATIONS @juniorbachchan and Ash. So so Happy. May the new arrival in the family bring more happiness, joy and peace. Love.:)
Arjun Rampal: Congratulations daddy cool @juniorbachchan and the coolest Dadaji @SrBachchan and the most beautiful mommy Ash and the lovely dadi Jayaji.
Sonam Kapoor: CONGRATULATIONS @SrBachchan and @juniorbachchan!! I'm so so excited for you! Lots and lots of love and happiness!
Divya Dutta: @SrBachchan heartiest cngratulations sir!
Boman Irani: @SrBachchan Dadaji!!!!!! All of us here are delirious with joy! Bless you all! @juniorbachchan OHHHH MAAAARAAAAA BAAAAAAP!!!!! Overjoyed my darlings!!!!!!
Raveena Tandon: @SrBachchan CONGRATULATIONS my dearest Amitji! Love to ash and Abhishek!! God bless the li'l Angel!
Sonu Sood: Congrats @juniorbachchan...the cutest angel arrives...A BIG HUG BRO:-)
Celina Jaitley: Very happy for the Bachchan family...They have a little angel fairy amidst them...She is gonna be gorgeous :)
Shreya Ghoshal: Heartiest congratulations to Aishwarya Rai and @juniorbachchan. I am so so excited :)
Tisca Chopra: Congratulations @SrBachchan for yet another challenging role- Dadaji!!
Aftab Shivdasani: Very very happy for my buddy @juniorbachchan on becoming a father to a beautiful baby girl!! God bless :)
Vishal Dadlani: @juniorbachchan Woohoooo!!!! Thrilled!!! Congratulations again, to you and the Memsaab! Love, blessings, best wishes, always!!! @SrBachchan Congratulations, Sir!!! What great news!!! :D Thrilled for all of you! Our very best wishes, as always, and much love!