Happy birthday Neena Gupta: Masaba shares 7 beautiful pics of her 'simply the best' mom

Neena Gupta turned 65! To celebrate, daughter Masaba Gupta handpicked some of her most special photos – old and new – and shared them on Instagram.

On mom Neena Gupta's 65th birthday on June 4, fashion designer and actor Masaba Gupta shared a bunch of new and throwback photos on Instagram. Some of the pictures happen to be from the time Neena started her film career; one of them also featured actor Deepti Naval. There were also a couple of other throwbacks of Neena looking stunning in photoshoots.

See Masaba Gupta's birthday post

Neena Gupta was born on June 4, 1959. Check out Masaba's birthday post.

Masaba also included some new photos of Neena celebrating her birthday with a cake. Some more recent photos showed the veteran actor during various outings. In her caption, Masaba wrote, "Everybody wish my mom a very happy birthday... @neena_gupta simply the best."

Masaba, who is pregnant with her first baby, is the only daughter of Neena and cricketing legend Viv Richard. Neena and Viv Richards were in a relationship in the 1980s. Neena later married chartered accountant Vivek Mehra.

Masaba keeps sharing throwbacks of Neena

Neena's latest work

The veteran actor is back with the third season of Panchayat, playing Manju Devi. In a recent interview with ANI, Neena recalled shooting for one of the most popular web series. She also admitted facing challenges while shooting for Panchayat in a village in Madhya Pradesh.

She said, "When director Deepak Kumar came to me and narrated the script I was quite impressed. I really liked the script. In fact, I found the dialogues very much interesting. I also fell in love with my role... working on Panchayat was challenging as I had to work on my language."