Mumbai: Actor Shahid Kapoor and his wife Mira Rajput were blessed with their first child, a baby girl on Friday evening.

Shahid Kapoor took to Twitter to announce the news.

"She has arrived and words fall short to express our happiness.Thank you for all your wishes," he tweeted.

Mira delivered the baby at around 7.45 p.m. at Hinduja Healthcare Surgical hospital in Khar.

Shahid tied the knot with Mira, a student from New Delhi, in 2015.