The only thing on everyone's lips at Mrs Dutt's birthday party was the figure on top of the two-tiered chocolate centerpiece

Doting husband that he is, an absentee Sanjay Dutt ensured that his five-months-pregnant wife wasn't by herself on her 32nd birthday while he's in South Africa on a recce for his home production, Rascals.

The actor had his business manager Dharam Oberoi, his daughter Neha and the couple's friends Minika, Bunty Walia, Ajay Arora, Apoorva Lakhia and Soham Shah take Mrs Dutt out to a suburban restaurant in Bandra on her janamdin.

It was the two-tiered chocolate cake with the figurine of a pregnant lady on top that hogged all the attention, though. Reveals Neha, "Maana was thrilled with her cake.

Minika and I had it specially designed from Beena in Bandra and it took us four days to have it made. We spent time deciding on the design as we wanted something cute and different for Maana. It turned out to be the highlight of the evening. Around twelve of us took her out to dinner."

And it can now be told, the gift Sanju had left behind with Dharam before heading off to South Africa was a whopper of a diamond bracelet.