Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai Bachchan ushered in her 36th birthday with family members and close friends here Sunday.

The actress, who has completed shooting for Mani Ratnam's bilingual film 'Raavana' had taken a break for a few days to start work on Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Guzarish' with Hrithik Roshan from Monday.

The former Miss World's other projects -- 'Action Reply' with Akshay Kumar and 'Robot' with Rajnikant (Endhiran in Tamil) -- are almost complete with a song and few scenes remaining.

"We have also just brought in Aishwarya's birthday and wished her love and happiness and a long prosperous life. It was just the family," the actress's father-in-law mega star Amitabh Bachchan wrote on his blog posted in the wee hours of the morning.