Asira Tarannum (MID-DAY; November 17, 2014)

Aaradhya Bachchan turned three yesterday and her parents (Abhishek and Aishwarya) celebrated her birthday by hosting a kiddie bash at Pratiksha.

Unlike last year, there was no specific theme. The invites were sent along with a jar of homemade chocolates. The jar also had animal and cartoon stickers which were said to be pasted by Aaradhya herself.

Aishwarya was busy throughout the week as she had public appearances to make in Mumbai, before attending the ongoing Kolkata Film Festival, following which she flew to Dubai for a brand promotion.

According to a source, “When Aishwarya came back from Kolkata, she made sure that everything was sorted out for her tot’s big day.” This time around, her birthday saw a a mix of school friends and industry kids. The venue was decorated with flowers, balloons and pink, green and yellow lights.

Among those invited for the bash were Shah Rukh’s son, AbRam, Hrithik’s kids, Hrehan and Hridhaan, Farah Khan’s kids, Czar, Anya and Diva , Shilpa Shetty’s son, Viaan, Ajay and Kajol’s kids, Nysa and Yug, Lara Dutta’s daughter, Saira, Aamir Khan’s son, Azaad, and Sanjay Gupta’s kids, Shivansh and Dalai.

Incidentally, when Aishwarya was in Dubai on November 13, the hotel staff celebrated Aaradhya’s birthday in advance.