Saira Banu and Dilip Kumar were once the evergreen couple in the industry. They were married for over 55 years until the legendary actor left for the heavenly abode on July 7, 2021, leaving a huge void in his wife's life. For the unversed, Saira had a crush on Dilip when she was just a 12-year-old girl. After a series of coincidental encounters and a few events, all becoming a perfect example of the unerasable love for each other, Saira and Dilip got married in October 1966.
Now, on the auspicious occasion of Krishna Janmashtami, Saira once again walked down the memory lane and recalled a beautiful incident related to the love of her life, Dilip Kumar. The veteran actress, who recently debuted on social media, took to her IG handle and shared a video of herself from the movie, Shagird, wherein she was seen performing the rituals of Janmashtami. She indeed looked mesmerising in her younger self, and along with it, she mentioned that it was a coincidence that the film's shooting took place on the same day of the festival.
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The film also had Nazir Hussain along with her. Coincidentally, Nazir was also working on another film, Ram Aur Shyam, simultaneously at a different location, which also starred Dilip Kumar. Thus, Saira also shared a glimpse from the film, Ram Aur Shyam in her same post. Along with this, she recalled an incident of wooing Dilip cheekily.
Saira mentioned that during the Janmashtami scene shooting, she all of a sudden turned to her co-actor, Nazir Hussain to ask for a favour. She was aware of the fact that Nazir was working with Dilip at the same time. Thus, she asked Nazir to pass on a cheeky message to Dilip saab. It was an indirect proposal for marriage, and undoubtedly, as soon as Saira asked for this favour to Nazir, he was also shocked. Saira penned:
“I turned to Nazir sahab and with a mischievous smile on my face asked him for a favour. 'You are working with Dilip Sahab, Oh! you are so lucky enough to be working with Dilip Sahab, please request him that Saira is dying to work with him and if he doesn’t do this then ask him to marry me!'"
Further, in an excerpt from her long note, Saira mentioned that Dilip saab got embarrassed with her cheeky message. However, Saira also mentioned that just within a few days, allegedly in response to her message, Dilip entered into her life and asked for her hand in marriage from her mother. In Saira's words:
“Dilip Sahab, I am told, gracefully smiled and acknowledged my cheeky message, to probably cover his embarrassment — although I think you could have knocked him down with a feather. Wonder of wonders we finished the Janmashtami song and can you believe it within the next few days it so happened that Dilip Sahab walked into my life, gazed into my eyes and asked my grandmother and mother for my hand in marriage. This was nothing short of a miracle.”
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On August 28, 2023, Saira Banu took to her Instagram handle and dropped some stills from the film, Gopi, where she worked with Dilip Kumar for the first time ever. In the pictures, the chemistry between the duo was simply unmissable. Sharing the pictures, the veteran actress penned a long note and recalled her experience of her dream come true moment. Saira also mentioned how she was bestowed with the opportunity to work with the finest actors of that time. The veteran actress further added that despite all of this, she was not able to work with Dilip Kumar as he refused each film he was offered opposite her. Mentioning the reason behind the same, Saira revealed that Dilip Kumar had seen her grow up, so he would always refuse the film.
What do you think about Saira's nostalgia-filled revelations? Let us know!
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