Kareena Kapoor can’t wait to hold Raha, Riddhima Kapoor Sahni sends love as Alia Bhatt-Ranbir Kapoor announce baby name

Kareena Kapoor, Riddhima Kapoor Sahni, Soni Razdan, Anushka Sharma, Arjun Kapoor and other Bollywood celebrities reacted to Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt's daughter Raha's name reveal.

Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor announced their daughter's name, Raha on Thursday. Alia shared the first family photo featuring the little one with her parents on Instagram and revealed Neetu Kapoor picked Raha's name. Alia wrote, “The name Raha (chosen by her wise and wonderful dadi) has so many beautiful meanings…”

Celebrities react to alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor's daughter, Raha's name.

“Raha, in its purest form means divine path in Swahili she is Joy, In Sanskrit, Raha is a clan, In Bangla - rest, comfort, relief, in Arabic peace, it also means happiness, freedom & bliss. And true to her name, from the first moment we held her - we felt it ALL! Thank you Raha, for bringing our family to life, it feels as though our lives have only just begun,” she further added.

Soon after she shared the post, congratulatory messages started pouring in for Raha, Ranbir and Alia on social media. Raha’s aunt, Kareena Kapoor Khan took to the comment section and said, “Raha Kapoor can I hold you, can’t wait." “Raha… beautiful,” added filmmaker Shashank Khaitan.

Celebrities comment on Alia Bhatt's post.

Bollywood celebrities such as Zoya Akhtar, Athiya Shetty, Shweta Bachchan, Bipasha Basu, Sonakshi Sinha, Arjun Kapoor, Anushka Sharma and Sonam Kapoor among others dropped red heart emojis to convey their love. Alia’s close friend Anushka Ranjan called Raha ‘angel baby.’ Family members, Riddhima Kapoor Sahni, Soni Razdan and Shaheen Bhatt too sent their love and re-shared the post on their Instagram Stories.

Ranbir and Alia were last seen together in filmmaker Ayan Mukerji’s film, Brahmastra.