Mumbai/IBNS: Bollywood star Alia Bhatt, who is one of the leading actresses in tinseltown for more than a decade, turned 32 on Saturday.

On the occasion of the actress' birthday, her mother-in-law Neetu Kapoor, whose strong bonding with Alia was evident whenever they went out in public, shared a "precious picture" on Instagram.

Neetu Kapoor, a veteran actress, revealed one of her first pictures with Alia, who is married to Bollywood star Ranbir Kapoor, calling her daughter-in-law a "gorgeous friend".

The caption of  the picture reads, "Happy birthday my gorgeous friend. This pic is precious as it's one of our first (firsts). Stay happy and blessed. Love, love and more love."

Alia celebrated her birthday in advance with the media earlier this week.

The celebration was also graced by Ranbir Kapoor, who tied the knot with Alia in 2022. The couple were blessed with daughter Raha in the same year.

Meanwhile, Alia and Ranbir, who were about to embark on a vacation, had to truncate their plans to offer emotional support to their close friend, filmmaker Ayan Mukerji, whose father Deb Mukherjee passed away on Friday.

On the work front, Alia was last seen in Jigra, which is one of the rare box office failures in the actress' career.

Alia and Ranbir will feature together for the second time on-screen after Brahmastra, courtesy Sanjay Leela Bhansali's next Love & War which also features new acting sensation Vicky Kaushal in the lead.

Love & War also gave an opportunity to Alia and Vicky to reunite on-screen years after they delivered the successful film, Raazi.