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28 March 2024

Amitabh confirms Beti B’s real name

Amitabh Bachhan holds his granddaughter walking with Aishwarya Rai Bachhan as they leave the seven hills hospital in Mumbai on November 22, 2011 (AFP)

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By Bindu Suresh Rai

It’s finally official.

After nearly six months of suggestions, speculations and media frenzy, Bollywood patriarch Amitabh Bachchan officially announced the name of his granddaughter over Twitter, and it is Aaradhya.

The 69-year-old revealed the name when one of his fans, Haseena Wazeer, asked him the same over the micro blogging site.

Wazeer tweeted late last night: “Sir (Amitabh Bachchan), want to see your lovely granddaughter. Would really appreciate your reply with her name. Would love to know that. Thank you.”

“My granddaughter is called Aaradhya,” came the prompt reply from Bachchan senior, finally naming son Abhishek and daughter-in-law Aishwarya’s child who was in the emirate during the Dubai World Cup on March 31 when her mom and Bollywood actress made a public appearance during the horse races.

The announcement came as a surprise to many, considering earlier rumours had circulated that Aishwarya would officially reveal the name of her daughter on ‘good friend’ and talkshow host Oprah Winfrey’s TV show.

Seems Amitabh beat her to the punchline.

Tagged as ‘Beti B’ in the media, news of her name being ‘Aaradhya’ had leaked to the media earlier this year when an application was submitted in Mumbai to fast track the child’s passport for her Dubai visit.

But no official confirmation had come from the Bachchan household until now.

However, Amitabh has yet to complete the second half of Wazeer’s request to tweet a picture of his grandchild, who was born on November 16 last year.