Filmmaker Ali Abbas Zafar and his wife Alicia Zafar tied the knot in 2021. The couple welcomed their first child a baby girl, on September 24. The filmmaker took to Instagram on Sunday, September 25, to share the good news with fans. He also revealed the name of their little munchkin – Alija Zehra Zafar.
Ali took to Instagram and shared a picture of his wife cradling her baby bump to share the good news. Penning a sweet note for his wife, he also shared the name of their daughter.
Ali Abbas Zafar wrote, “Alicia and I began our journey with love , love which is beyond borders – colour & 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. She came in our life on 24th September at midnight 12.25 . Please welcome our bundle of Joy – Alija Zehra Zafar Ali Alicia Alija #Aliverse (sic).”
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No sooner did the filmmaker share the good news, celebs like Anushka Sharma and Bhumi Pednekar dropped heart emojis. 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,” while Tiger Shroff said, “Mubarak ho guru ji (Congratulations Sir).”
Ali Abbas Zafar is known for films like Sultan, Tiger Zinda Hai, Bharat and more. The filmmaker recently marked the release of his Netflix film Jogi, starring Diljit Dosanjh. He also has an action movie with Shahid Kapoor, Bade Miyan Chote Miyan with Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff, and Super Soldier with Katrina Kaif in the pipeline.