AISHWARYA RAI BABY SHOWER CEREMONY

Several Bollywood beauties attended the 'godh bharai' (baby shower) ceremony of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan yesterday at their residence in suburban Mumbai.

The Bachchans hosted a grand ceremony for their daughter-in-law Aishwarya, where several actresses came in to shower their blessings.

Aishwarya's husband actor Abhishek, who was busy shooting for Bol Bachchan in Jaipur, took a day off for the ceremony while his sister Shweta also flew down from Delhi for this big event.

Those, who attended the ceremony include Asha Parekh, Sonali Bendre, Saroj Khan, Twinkle Khanna, Dimple Kapadia, Manyata Dutt, Vaibhavi Merchant, Bipasha Basu, Urmila Matondkar, Shaina NC and others.

"I went to give in my good wishes and blessings to Aishwarya and her family. It is lovely to see a glowing mother," Shaina told PTI.

The proud daddy Abhishek was overwhelmed with the blessings pouring in from all quarters for the baby.

"Good morning everyone. Thank you so much for all the wishes for Aishwarya on her Godh Bharai. Read out some of your messages to her," Abhishek wrote on micro-blogging site Twitter.

"So after a day filled with tradition, indian customs and LADIES It's back to work. Gotta start PLAYING again for PLAYERS!," he said.

Aishwarya's due date is next month and the entire Bachchan family is set to welcome the new member.

VICTORIA BECKHAM AT BABY SHOWER

 

With her due date rapidly approaching, Victoria Beckham was the guest of honor at a baby shower thrown by actress Eva Longoria and stylist Ken Paves on Saturday afternoon.

Held at the Butterfly Bar atop Le Petit Ermitage in West Hollywood, CA, the former Spice Girl was dressed in a purple v-neck frock as her "Desperate Housewives" gal pal hosted the soiree drawing the likes of Demi Moore and Nicole Richie.

With fellow celebrities including Selma Blair, Rachel Zoe and Tana Ramasey all in attendance, Posh was all about pink in honor of her first daughter - as she's already mother to three boys, Romeo, Cruz and Brooklyn.

A source told People magazine, "All she wanted was anything pink. She's so excited to finally have a girl."

As for the presents in which she received, Victoria was doted with a 5 foot Melissa and Doug custom-made giraffe, a Hoppop Bath tub, mamaRoo baby swing and Little Giraffe Luxe Blanket.

Meanwhile, Mrs Beckham's soccer star husband recently spoke about possible baby names, telling, "We've got a few in mind, but we've also said to the boys, 'Give us some ideas.' When we got told it was a boy, Romeo was like, 'How about Justin Bieber Beckham?' So now that we know it's a girl, he's like, 'What about Justine Bieber Beckham?"