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'Welcome to the club': Anushka Sharma congratulates parents-to-be Alia Bhatt, Ranbir Kapoor; Alia’s parents also react

Besides Anushka, Karan Johar also expressed his feelings and posted a photo of Ranbir and Alia on social media.

'Welcome to the club': Anushka Sharma congratulates parents-to-be Alia Bhatt, Ranbir Kapoor; Alia’s parents also react

Alia Bhatt announced that she is expecting her first child. The actress took to Instagram and posted the photo. The couple got married on April 14 this year, and they're going to be parents soon.

Taking to Instagram, Alia wrote, "our baby... coming soon." In the photo, Alia can be seen lying in bed with Ranbir sitting by her side. The actress's expressions convey her state of happiness without words.


Fans and celebs poured congratulatory messages as soon as Alia dropped the photos. Sharing the post, Anushka Sharma wrote, "Welcome to the club mommy & daddy."

Besides Anushka, Karan Johar also expressed his feelings and posted a photo of Ranbir and Alia, and wrote, "So much love for them! My baby is going to be a mother! I can't express my feeling... So so so excited!! Love you both." Ranbir’s sister Riddhima Kapoor also shared a photo of them and captioned it, “My babies are having a baby. I love you both so much."

Besides this, Priyanka Chopra, Alia’s Heart of Stone co-actor Gal Gadot, Parineeti Chopra, Rakulpreet, Brahmastra co-star Mouni Roy, Sonakshi Sinha, Ranbir’s Shamshera co-actor Vaani Kapoor, Malaika Arora, Bipasha Basu, Anushka Ranjan, Bhumi Pednekar, Akansha Ranjan Kapoor, Ananya Pandey, Kriti Sanon, Neha Dhupia, Rhea Kapoor, Shreya Ghoshal, Mira Kapoor, Diana Penty, Vishal Dadlani, Alia’s mom Soni Razdan, Anil Kapoor, Farhan Akhtar, and Alia’s Gangubai Kathiawadi co-star Shantanu Maheswsari, among the others, congratulated the couple.

Alia’s father Mahesh Bhatt expressed his happiness for his daughter and Ranbir, saying, "...my baby is going to have a baby! I am so happy for Ranbir and Alia. May our ‘tribe’ increase. And now I have to prepare for the most important role of my life: the role of a grandfather. This is going to be a grand debut."

Soni Razdan also shared her happiness. "We are overjoyed and overwhelmed. Words really don't do justice to this moment. I am just so, so happy for Ranbir and Alia and for all of us. There is nothing greater or more profound in this world than bringing another life into it,” she said.

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