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Ajith with his wife and actress Shalini welcomed a baby boy on Monday.
Updated : Apr 15, 2015, 12:54 PM IST
Currently basking in the success of his latest movie, Yennai Arindhaal, Tamil superstar Ajith has another reason to celebrate. His wife and actres Shalini delivered a baby boy on Monday morning at 4.30 am in Chennai. The couple already has a 7-year-old daughter, Anushka.
"Shalini delivered a boy early this morning. Both the mother and child are doing absolutely fine," a source close to Ajith told the media on Monday.
Ajith and Shalini fell in love on the sets of the film Amarkalam in 1999 and got married in 2000.
Ajith fans went beserk on Twitter and hashtag #KuttyThala trended for hours. Ajith is fondly called Thala(leader) by his fans after a character he played in Dheena(2001). Ajith's son has been nicknamed Kutty Thala (baby leader) by his fans on Twitter.
Check out what Ajith's fans have tweeted about this news!
I have never seen #Thala fans this happy.. The arrival of #KuttyThala has made them very joyful.. Both FB & Twitter are full of wishes. :-)
— 'ஆதி' (@adheism) March 2, 2015
#KuttyThala English actor daniel craig born on mar 2, curent James bond.. we got our new james bond... wow. @DinuAkshi @dhanushkraja
— THALA Rasigan (@iamprabakaran) March 2, 2015
#Ajith and #Shalini blessed with a baby boy by 4: 30 in the morning.The mum and kid are both fine. pic.twitter.com/gErVpWQUHh"
— N.k.pallavi (@nishakothari82) March 2, 2015
(With Agency Inputs)