Amitabh Bachchan meets on-screen mother Sulochana on her birthday

Mumbai: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan visited yesteryear actress Sulochana Latkar's home here to celebrate her 86th birthday.

Sulochana, who epitomised mother roles in '70s, donned the parent's character of almost all the leading actors of that era be it Manoj Kumar, Dev Anand or Mehmood.

"Sulochana ji happy 86th birthday! Played my Mother in endless films! Went to her home and greeted her! Sulochana ji, Mother to so many leading men in films - soft gentle and endearing...

86th birthday!," Bachchan, who played her son in "Faraar" (1975), posted on Twitter.

The "Piku" star also shared pictures of him taking the actress' blessing.

"Badon ka aashirwaad! Sulochana ji ka janm divas , 86 saal! Maa ki bhumika kitni baar nibhayi filmo mein! (Elder's blessing. She played the role of my mother in films many a times)," he wrote.