Amitabh Bachchan managed to squeeze in some family time to ring in his wife Jaya Bachchan’s 66th birthday before spending Wednesday in Dubai to promote his forthcoming release Bhoothnath Returns.

The 71-year-old was in India’s capital New Delhi on Tuesday and returned to Mumbai that night to join the “rest of the family for a quiet and cosy dinner to bring in Jaya’s birthday on the 9th [of April]”, he posted on his blog srbachchan.tumblr.

“The children from Delhi are all here too and the house is filled with their laughter and play...it is the most endearing moment in the life of any parent or grandparent,” Big B posted on his blog late Tuesday night.

Bachchan and Jaya married in 1973 and have two children — daughter Shweta and son Abhishek. They are grandparents to three kids — Navya Naveli, Agastya and Aaradhya.

After celebrating with family, Bachchan boarded a plane to Dubai for the film’s premiere at the Grand Hyatt Dubai on Wednesday night.