23 August,2023 12:34 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
In Pic: Saira Banu and Dilip Kumar
Saira Banu is one of the most talented actresses in Bollywood. The veteran actress always shares interesting anecdotes on social media to keep her fans entertained. Today, on her birthday, she took to her Instagram and shared another interesting story and talked about how her birthdays have always been so 'special'.
The actress in the long note wrote, "As far as I can remember, birthdays have been so "Special" for me --- my mother Pari Chehra Naseem Banuji went to the ends of the world to always give me the best fun time with my friends whether here in Mumbai or in London School --- not to forget once a towering layered cake that would have put the "Qutub Minar" to shame!"
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She further continued and said, "We were a very close-knit small family that lived doting on each other --- my grandma, my grand-aunt, my mother and my darling brother Sultan --- Then Hey Presto! What good luck! No sooner than I finished my London School and came back home to Bombay I had the sheer luck of getting to do "JUNGLEE" the super hit Eastman Colour Film that became the rage of the time. Until now Black and White films were the order of the day and held the roost. Soon life became a blast of light and joy and occasions such as birthdays blossomed into a flood of appreciation, flowers, messages from friends and fans making the whole house into a "Garden of Eden"."
Later in the note, Banu shared how Dilip Kumar came to attend her birthday. She wrote, "On 23rd August, 1966 such a quality evening, the House Warming of our new residence at 34-B Pali Hill was on, the house was made intentionally and absolutely Dilip Sahib's âDar Kay Saamney' (Ghar Kay Saamney). He was shooting in Madras and on my mother's invitation flew into town to attend my birthday."
"Life became besieged with good luck, one miracle after another and can you imagine that the "Emperor Of Acting" for whom the world was his stage. Mr.Dilip Kumar who knew me since I was a little girl and consequently refused to work with me but soon after meeting me at this House Warming Party, exclaimed, "You have grown up into a beautiful girl!". The next couple of days he travelled on whirlwind flights from Madras to Bombay every other night and had dinner with me. On one of these magical evenings he popped the question "Will you marry Me?". Here came the realization of a dream that I had nurtured ever since I was in my teens. We were happily married and I started my life from an admiring fan to a devoted wife. I got to see the different aspects and qualities of this great human being. He was unlike any person that I had ever met ---- a man who oozed a royal halo of understated elegance," she added.
