Ameesha to throw baby shower for her BFF, Mrs Sanjay Dutt

Ameesha Patel is all set to throw an expensive baby shower for her best friend Manaayata Dutt next week. The Dutt family -- Sanjay's sisters Namrata and Priya included -- and friends are expected to attend.

Says a source close to the actress, "Ameesha considers Maana her best friend and wanted to give her a special surprise. She was one of the first to hear about her pregnancy and that she was expecting twins. She decided on gifting Maana a baby shower."

Special venue
The venue is a special one. Ameesha says, "My dad Amit Patel knows the owner of restaurant-cum lounge bar Veda, who is a partner with designer Rohit Bal. And with Rohit in the picture, it will be a designer baby shower.

There's one in Delhi, too. They were planning to open the Mumbai branch much later, but I requested them to open it up earlier for the baby shower. The menu will include dishes unlike anything anyone has ever tasted."

Miss Patel further reveals, "Sanju will come a little later with friends. The whole idea is to have a fun evening. It's a kind of western godh bharai (the actual one will be held in October at the Dutt's Bandra home along with a mata ki chowki).

The guest list will consist of Maana and Sanju's friends and colleagues."

Ameesha has already sent out a special invite -- a box of cupcakes with a poem in it.

"Minica Chabria, Sejal Shah and I have organised Maana's baby shower and the invites. The cupcakes were my idea as I love them. We wrote out the poem ourselves after surfing the net and mixing and matching."

What the poem says:

Twenty fingers, twenty toes
Plenty of work, Heaven knows!
Four little arms to hold tight,
Four little cheeks to kiss night-night!
Please join us for a baby shower...