Shahid Kapoor and his wife Mira Rajput on Friday welcomed their first child, a daughter, with utmost joy. Shahid took to Twitter to share the news with his fans. "She has arrived and words fall short to express our happiness.Thank you for all your wishes," Shahid tweeted on Friday night. Few days back, Shahid had posted a pic with his darling wife, captioned as "Moments" and another solo pic, captioned as "Chillies with the mommy to be."

The 35-year-old, son of veteran actor Pankaj Kapur, married Delhi-based Mira, 22, last year. In April this year, Shahid had announced that he was going to be a dad soon.

Congratulatory messages came the couple's way from Bollywood celebrities soon after Shahid announced the arrival of his bundle of joy.

Riteish Deshmukh: "Congratulations @shahidkapoor and Mira on birth of an angel. Welcome to the club my friend. Love and blessings to the little one."

Genelia: "Congratulations Shahid Kapoor and Mira. It's the world's best feeling and I'm sure you already know how it is.. Lotsa love to the little one."

Karan Johar: "Huge congratulations to @shahidkapoor and Mira....nothing more precious than a baby girl....lots of love."

Alia Bhatt: Congratulationssssssss to the most amazing couple @shahidkapoor @MiraRajput !!!!! Can't wait to see this beautiful baby girl!!!!

Anushka Sharma: Congratulations to both of you & lots of love & good health for the baby girl !!! @shahidkapoor

On the sidelines of the ongoing Lakme Fashion Week Winter-Festive 2016,actress Jacqueline Fernandez said: "I would like to congratulate Mira and Shahid for the new addition to their family. It's lovely."

Shahid and Mira had met at a 'satsang' as both their families are followers of the religious group Radha Soami Satsang Beas, a philosophical organisation based on the spiritual teachings of all religions.