'Little one...': When Ranveer Singh prayed for a baby girl
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Bollywood power couple Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone have welcomed their first child, a baby girl.
The news was confirmed by the actors through a joint Instagram post on Sunday that read, "Welcome baby girl! September 8, 2024, Deepika & Ranveer."
The couple's journey began when they first met on the sets of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela in 2013 and later married in Italy in 2018.
Wish fulfillment
Throwback: Singh's wish for a baby girl with Padukone
Four years into their marriage, Singh expressed his wish for a baby girl during an appearance on The Big Picture.
He said, "Mai to roz uski baby photos dekhta hoon, kehta hoon ek aisi de de mujhe bus meri life set ho jae (Deepika was such a cute baby. I see her baby photos every day and tell her, 'Give me a little one like this and my life would be set.)"
Motherhood aspirations
Padukone's vision of motherhood and work-life balance
Padukone had always seen herself as a mother.
In 2013, during a roundtable discussion with Rajeev Masand, she expressed her desire for children.
"If I was not an actor...But hopefully with some children around. Three little kids scuttling about. Hopefully, be working enough to take them to shoots, and have a happy family. And at the same time, still doing what I'm doing."
Hospital admission
Padukone was admitted to hospital on Saturday
On Saturday evening, Padukone was admitted to Mumbai's HN Reliance Foundation Hospital in anticipation of their first child's birth.
The couple had announced their pregnancy in February this year and shared that they were expecting the baby in September.
After the couple announced the good news, actors like Arjun Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra Jonas, among others, sent their best wishes.