Neena Gupta wished her 'child' Masaba Gupta on her 31st birthday today with a rare throwback picture of the two.
Neena took to her Instagram account on Monday and posted a picture that showed a young Masaba clinging to her mother’s face. While Neena looked straight into the camera, little Masaba’s attention is fixed on her mother.
Neena captioned her picture saying, "Happy birthday my child."
Check it out here.
Masaba Gupta is an Indian fashion designer with her label called House of Masaba. She recently made her acting debut with her mother in the Netflix series Masaba Masaba. The show was semi-autobiographical and got a thumbs up from audiences and critics both.
Masaba turned 31 on Monday and celebrated with a party on Sunday night. Rhea Kapoor shared videos from the small party at home on Instagram.
For the uninformed, Masaba's father is former West Indies cricketer, Viv Richards. Neena was in a relationship with Viv when she got pregnant while he was married to his wife. Neena has often spoken about being a single mother and the challenges Masaba has had to face because of it.
As for marriage, Neena married Vivek Mehra in 2008. In an interview with the Times of India, she said that Masaba was always supportive of her decision to remarry.
"Frankly, I didn’t have to tell her. Vivek and I were going around for eight to 10 years; he used to come down to my house in Mumbai and I often used to go to Delhi. But yes, precisely speaking, when I told Masaba that I want to get married, she wanted to know why. I told her that marriage is important if you have to live in this society else you don’t get respect," she said.
She further added, "And, Masaba understood me. Masaba is one person who will do anything for her mother's happiness whether she likes it or not. So, I was not worried. I was just feeling a bit awkward in telling her that."