What is the best gift Mahesh Bhatt got on his birthday?

News Agencies | Updated on: 13 February 2017, 4:47 IST

An artist from Lahore, Pakistan, has painted a portrait of filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, who turned 67 on Sunday (September 20).

Actress-filmmaker, Pooja Bhatt, the eldest child of the Arth director, took to Twitter and shared a picture of Mohammed Saeed Ghani, the painter and her father, standing near the portrait.

"Mohammed Saeed Ghani, a painter from Lahore stayed up all night to paint this portrait of my father! Overwhelming," she captioned the picture.

Mohammed Saeed Ghani,a painter from Lahore stayed up all night to paint this portrait of my father! Overwhelming! pic.twitter.com/8B1y8jViOB
— Pooja Bhatt (@PoojaB1972) September 20, 2015

Earlier, Bhatt's three daughters, Alia, Pooja and Shaheen expressed their love for him by posting birthday wishes on Twitter. Born in 1948, Bhatt made his directorial debut with Manzilein Aur Bhi Hain in 1974 and rose to prominence with his 1982 critically-acclaimed film Arth, followed by Saaransh in 1984, which was India's official entry for the 1985 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

He last produced Emraan Hashmi-Vidya Balan starrer Hamari Adhuri Kahani, under Vishesh Films.

-- PTI

We are family! @shaheenb @aliaabhatt @maheshfilm @sonirazdan

A photo posted by Pooja B (@poojab1972) on Sep 20, 2015 at 10:39am PDT

The hands that rock my cradle! @shaheenb & @maheshfilm @maheshnbhatt

A photo posted by Pooja B (@poojab1972) on Sep 20, 2015 at 10:21am PDT

My beautiful baby sisters @shaheenb & @aliaabhatt #love #bloodisthickerthanwater #sisters

A photo posted by Pooja B (@poojab1972) on Sep 20, 2015 at 10:17am PDT

And @aliaabhatt goes into paparazzi mode capturing the image! @anupampkher @maheshfilm @maheshnbhatt

A photo posted by Pooja B (@poojab1972) on Sep 20, 2015 at 10:10am PDT

Birthday celebrations continue... The prodigal son @anupampkher drops in to wish @maheshfilm

A photo posted by Pooja B (@poojab1972) on Sep 20, 2015 at 10:08am PDT