Indian Actress Aishwarya Rai Has First Baby

Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has given birth to a baby girl in a Mumbai hospital.

The daughter of the Indian actress and former Miss World joins a celebrated acting dynasty.

Her actor husband Abhishek Bachchan announced the news of their first child's birth on his Twitter account, writing: "It's a girl!"

Bachchan's superstar father, Amitabh, also tweeted. "I am dada to the cutest baby girl," he wrote, using the Hindi word for paternal grandfather.

India's television news channels only made passing reference to the birth after an industry group issued new guidelines instructing TV journalists to cover the announcement with restraint.

The new rules included no coverage before the birth and no outdoor broadcast vans outside the hospital.

The event was to be reported only after a formal announcement by the Bachchan family.

Rai Bachchan and her husband are India's top movie stars and togther with Amitabh Bachchan and his actress wife Jaya they are considered to be Bollywood's royal family.