Richa Chadha and Ali Fazal are expecting their first child, see announcement

Richa Chadha and Ali Fazal

Richa Chadha and Ali Fazal who got married in 2020 under the Special Marriage Act are all ready for the next chapter in their life. The couple on Friday announced that they are expecting their first child together.

In a collaborative post on Instagram, Richa and Ali made the happy announcement. They shared a picture that read '1+1=3'. Along with it, they also shared an adorable picture of themselves. "A tiny heartbeat is the loudest sound in our world," they captioned the post.

Richa and Ali got their marriage registered in 2020 amid the pandemic. They grandly celebrated their union in the presence of friends and family in 2022. They first met on the sets of the film 'Fukrey' over a decade ago. Their friendship slowly blossomed into love and the couple is now set to embrace parenthood.

A couple of months back, Richa Chadha and Ali Fazal unveiled the first glimpse of their wedding documentary, RiAlity. This special reveal coincided a few days post the one-year anniversary of the conclusion of their grand wedding celebrations that spanned across the cultural tapestry of Delhi, Lucknow, and Mumbai. Richa and Ali's documentary is directed by Rahul Singh Datta. He lends a unique perspective of his own view of how the wedding and days leading to it were, where the couple never once sat down and interviewed to give their take during the documentary. The documentary looks at it from the perspective of everyone else involved like an outsider in perspective and how they viewed Richa and Ali's love story evolved to their D-Day.

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Meanwhile, Richa and Ali's maiden debut production, 'Girls Will Be Girls', clinched two awards at the Sundance Film Festival 2024 - the Audience Award in the World Cinema Dramatic Entry category, and the Special Jury Award for Acting for Preeti Panigrahi. Starring Panigrahi and Kani Kusruti, Shuchi Talati's directorial venture revolves around a 16-year-old girl's complex relationship with her mother. In the coming-of-age drama, Chadha and Fazal found just the kind of meaningful stories that they want to back. Their belief in championing unheard stories has been rewarded with the wins. Chadha told mid-day, "It seems as if life is going in all directions at the same time, in a good way. I hope this gem of a film maps out its own journey." Actor-producer Fazal is already planning the film's festival run. "Up next is the Gothenburg Film Festival and another festival. This win helps us dream bigger and take on some more stories that we want to push the buttons on."