Actor-couple Richa Chadha and Ali Fazal welcomed their first child, a daughter, last month. Soon after, the newborn's khaalas and maasis, actors Shabana Azmi , Urmila Matondkar, Tanvi Azmi and Dia Mirza, paid her a visit. Talking about it, Shabana says, “We are all part of a group called Dher Saara Pyaar.
On that day, (actors) Sandhya Mridul, Konkona Sensharma and Vidya Balan were missing, as they weren’t in town. We wanted to have a baby shower for Richa, but that couldn’t happen. So, this was just a visit to see the child.
This group is like a family. The joys that you get with family is what you get in this group.” The veteran actor reveals that her husband, writer-poet Javed Akhtar , even suggested a “fiery” name for the newborn.
“Javed suggested they named her Jwala Ali. When I asked him why, he said Richa herself is such a fire brand, her daughter should have an equivalent name. But they have given her a beautiful name already,” she shares, adding, “Ali is very supportive of Richa and quite besotted with his daughter.
I don’t think he can see anything beyond her at the moment.” A post shared by Richa Chadha (@therichachadha) Even Shabana is in awe of the little munchkin and shares how Chadha is as a mother. “The child was sleeping the whole time, looking like an angel.
I remarked: ‘Kitni shareef si lag rahi hai’, to which Richa said, ‘Yeh subah jitni shareef lagti hai na, she gets up in the middle of the night with these eyes, screaming her.