Sunita Ahuja has a new toy in the driveway. Govinda's wife was photographed at a luxury car dealership in Mumbai this week, taking delivery of a brand-new Mercedes-Benz with daughter Tina Ahuja by her side.

The paparazzi were waiting, as they always are for these things, and Sunita didn't dodge them. Asked about the car, she tossed off a line in Hindi that roughly translates to the vehicle having gone viral before it even hit the road. "Humari gaadi toh aane se pehle hi bahut famous ho gayi hai," she told the cameras, grinning.

Tina wasn't just tagging along for the photos. Mother and daughter went through a traditional puja at the dealership, the kind most Indian families do before a new car leaves the showroom floor. Tina broke a coconut as part of the ritual, and only then did the two get in and drive off into Mumbai traffic.

This isn't the family's first brush with a fancy set of wheels. Sunita has been spotted before in a BMW 3 Series Gran Limousine, a gift from Govinda from an earlier occasion, according to Bollywood Hungama. Add the new Mercedes-Benz to that, and the Ahuja garage is looking increasingly like a small dealership of its own.

There's no word yet on what Govinda made of the purchase, or whether this one came from him too. The reports don't specify who paid for it, and Sunita hasn't offered details beyond her quip to reporters. What's clear is that the car didn't stay a secret for long. Between the dealership crowd and the paparazzi camped outside, half of Mumbai seemed to know about it before Sunita had even turned the key.

Sunita has kept a fairly visible public profile through the year, weighing in on causes close to her, including a recent appeal for Bollywood to pitch in on Nepal flood relief. A new car isn't quite in that league of news, but it's the kind of low-stakes, high-visibility moment that keeps the Ahuja household in the conversation between bigger stories.

Whether Govinda himself steps out for a spin in the new Mercedes-Benz, or whether this one stays parked as Sunita's own, is the only loose thread here. For now, the family's collection has one more premium badge in it, and Mumbai's paparazzi have their picture.