Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan posted the news of daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai's pregnancy on Twitter and within half-an-hour had received 2,843 congratulatory tweets from his fans, well-wishers and friends, including the Bollywood brigade.“Overwhelmed with your wishes and blessings .. 2843 new tweets in half an hour! Thank you all ! Your affection and love is so touching,” posted Big B on Twitter.Aishwarya and Amitabh's son Abhishek got married in 2007 after the release of their film Guru. On Tuesday night, Amitabh posted on Twitter: "NEWS NEWS NEWS !! I AM GOING TO BECOME A GRANDFATHER... AISHWARYA EXPECTING... SO HAPPY AND THRILLED,"In no time, congratulatory messages poured in on the microblogging site and Priyanka Chopra was one of the first few who wished the Bachchans, tweeting: “Awesome news!! lets make way for the legacy to go forward.”R Madhavan posted: “ohhh.. Sooooo Happy for you sir.. The legend continues..Love to the whole family.”Dia Mirza posted: “Congratulations!!! Wonderful wonderful news.”Koel Purie said: “Wow!! That is wonderful news. AB and Ash will hv beautiful children no doubt.”Sophie Chaudhary posted: “Wow!! Congrats soon to be dadaji! Thrilled 4 @juniorbachchan & Ash! Much love n happiness to u all!!.”Riteish Deshmukh posted: “Congratttttuuulationnnnnnssssssssssss- superrrrr superrrrrr happppppyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.”Actor Rana Daggubati, who has worked with Abhishek, in Dum Maaro Dum wished him and posted: “@juniorbachchan is soon to be Daddy Bachchan. Congrats and lots of love.”Genelia D'souza too congratulated Abhishek, saying “congratulations ab, super, super happy 4 Aish n u, one things 4 sure, d kid vl b one hell of a good lookin kid congrats agn.”And the 68-year-old would be granpa made sure he thanked them all for wishing the family. “No words to express my gratitude to all those that wish us on the coming of a new born in the family .. I am humbled, honored, happy,” wrote Big B.

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