Do You Know How Saira Banu Asked Dilip Kumar For Marriage? Veteran Actress Reveals It All

Ever since Veteran actress Saira Banu joined Instagram, she has often taken to the social media platform to share unknown anecdotes from her professional as well as her personal life. To mark the Hindu festival of Janmashtami, Saira on Thursday, took to Instagram once again to share a video of the song Kanha from the movie Shagird. She also shared that they had coincidentally filmed the song on the same day as the festival that year. The filming of the song was also incidental in her love story with legendary actor Dilip Kumar.

In the caption of her video Saira Bano wrote, “We were shooting at ‘Filmistan Studios’ with Nazir Hussain Sahab, an outstandingly famous character actor and a father figure to me who was also shooting at the same time in Madras (Chennai) with Dilip Sahab in ‘RAM AUR SHYAM’.” “We had date problems and Nazir Sahab would shoot with me late in the night and fly in the morning to shoot with Dilip Sahab in ‘RAM AUR SHYAM’,” the veteran actress added.

Saira then continued, “Nazir Sahab treated me like his own kid and vibed very easily on the sets with me. As I sang the Bhajan on Janmashtami night in front of a beautiful statue of Lord Krishna with Lataji’s melodious enthralling voice in the playback, 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!’.”

She then wrote that Nazir conveyed her message to Dilip saying, “Dilip Sahab there is a Gudiya who is crazy about you!” The actress then stated that just a few days after they had finished filming the song, Dilip met her and asked her grandmother for her hand in marriage.

Saira Banu and Dilip Kumar tied the knot in 1966. The couple also worked together in five films including Jwaar Bhata, Sagina and Bairaag. They spent 56 years together in wedded bliss before Dilip Kumar passed away in July 2021.