Single Anoushka confirms pregnancy

Anoushka Shankar has formally announced her to-be-mommy status. She is expecting her first child with London-based filmmaker Joe Wright by spring next year. (BCCL)

Joe Wright and Anoushka Shankar are pleased to announce their engagement, and overjoyed to be expecting their first child. But, plans are yet to be finalised as to whether they will wed soon, or wait until after the birth of their baby.

When sitarist Anoushka Shankar confessed to TOI last year (2009) that she sees herself pregnant by 2014, no one had guessed that she would put her five-year plan into place so soon.

Anoushka Shankar began dating Joe since December 2009. In an interview to Delhi Times, she'd confessed about her relationship, saying, 'It's unexpected and it's gone really fast, but I'm fully in it.' And she also added that it's not necessary to be married to have children. (BCCL)

Reportedly, after conceiving, Anoushka replied to congratulatory messages by close ones saying, 'We are so happy. It feels so ridiculous... I hope and pray everything goes well with this baby and ask for everyone's blessings.' (BCCL)