Filmmaker Ali Abbas Zafar who has made various Bollywood hit movies and his wife Alicia Zafar welcomed their first child, a baby girl, on September 24. Ali took to Instagram on Sunday, September 25, to share that they have been blessed with a daughter and the name of their little munchkin - Alija Zehra Zafar.

The filmmaker took to his social media and wrote, "Alicia and I began our journey with love, love which is beyond borders - colour and race, we are very fortunate that we found each other and got married, Now after almost after 2 years we are thankful to Almighty Allah for blessing us with most beautiful gift of our life."

He added, "She came into our life on 24th September at midnight 12.25. Please welcome our bundle of Joy - Alija Zehra Zafar." Ali also made a pun about his, Alicia, and Alija's names at the end of his message. He wrote, "Ali Alicia Alija. #Aliverse."

As soon as it caught the eyes of various people they started commenting on it. Anushka Sharma and Bhumi Pednekar dropped heart emojis while Priyanka Chopra wrote, "Congratulations to you both." Ranveer Singh commented, "Bhai," while Arjun Kapoor wrote, "Badhai (congratulations)." Gauahar Khan wrote, "Blessing and more! Heartiest congratulations." Sunil Grover commented, "Bestttt!! Wah Sir wah!! Mubarak Ho! (Congratulations). Welcome Alija!" Huma Qureshi wrote, "Congratulations… Masha allah,"

Ali Abbas, known for films like Sultan, Tiger Zinda Hai, and Bharat, tied the knot with Alicia in January 2021. The filmmaker also recently marked the release of his Netflix film Jogi, starring Diljit Dosanjh. He has action movie with Shahid Kapoor, Bade Miyan Chote Miyan with Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff, and Super Soldier with Katrina Kaif in the pipeline.

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