“God’s greatest gift”: Mukerji.
By Sreejith Vallikunnu
Bollywood actress Rani Mukerji and filmmaker Aditya Chopra have been blessed with a baby girl, and they have her Adira, on Wednesday morning at Breach Candy Hospital, in Mumbai.
Mukerji described the baby girl as “god’s greatest gift”.
Adira is an amalgam of Aditya’s and Rani’s names.
The happy news was first announced by Aditya’s younger brother Uday on Twitter; “IT’S A GIRL!!!!!”; while the couple’s close friend and filmmaker Karan Johar shared: “Am an uncle to a beautiful baby girl today!!!!! @udaychopra !!! Rani and Adi had a baby girl!!”
The actress thanked her fans, friends and well-wishers for their “unconditional support and blessings” in a statement.
“Today life has given us god’s greatest gift with Adira. We thank fans our friends and well-wishers for their unconditional support and blessings. With joy we begin this new chapter in our lives,” Rani said in a statement issued by Aditya’s production banner Yash Raj Films.
The 37-year-old actress Rani Mukerji and filmmaker Yash Chopra’s son Aditya Chopra, who had been in a relationship, married in April 2014, in Italy.