My granddaughter is called Aaradhya", Amitabh Bachchan has posted on Twitter, putting to rest six months of speculation over the name of Abhishek and Aishwarya's child.

Abhishek and Aishwarya welcomed their first child, a daughter, Nov 16 last year and since then fans have been curious to know her name.

The 69-year-old revealed the name when one of his fans, Haseena Wazeer, asked him about it on Twitter.

Hasween tweeted: "want to see your lovely grand daughter...would really appreciate your reply with her name. Would love to know that. Thankyou."

The megastar replied: "Her name is Aaradhya".