When Dilip Kumar wed Saira Banu

Tue, 13 July 2021

12:47

"Dilip Kumar was in Chennai shooting for Ram Aur Shyam when he received an invitation from Naseem Aapa (Saira's mother, actress Naseem Banu) to attend Saira's birthday bash in Mumbai on August 23, 1966.

Dilip Saheb decided to specially fly down to attend the event which later turned out to be the one that changed the course of his life.

As Dilip Kumar shook hands with Saira Banu and congratulated her, time stood still and in that very propitious moment Dilip Kumar found his wife and Saira, her husband. They looked into each other's eyes and that was it. The celestial stars smiled on the star-pair and the moment froze."

Read an excerpt from Dilip Kumar: Peerless Icon Inspiring Generations by Trinetra Bajpai and Anshula Bajpai.

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