Saira Banu fell in love with the display screen picture of Dilip Kumar when she was simply 12, and determined that she needed to marry him. At the moment, she lived in London and didn’t know him personally however in her late teenagers, she determined to grow to be an actor. Saira’s household was towards this choice and unbeknownst to her, her members of the family who have been buddies with Dilip Kumar requested the star to discourage her from becoming a member of the movie trade. Dilip even refused to star in just a few movies along with her so she would get discouraged.
Recalling how Dilip Kumar refused to do movies along with her, Saira informed ATN Canada, “Are you aware he (Dilip) refused movie after movie with me together with Ram Aur Shyam; that is one thing I maintain towards him.” In the identical interview, Dilip clarified, “The choice was made underneath directions. A few of Saira’s members of the family didn’t need her to be in movies and I believed I might be displeasing her members of the family. I used to be an excellent buddy of her father in addition to her grandfather. They’d despatched messages to me to steer her to drop all this. Not that I used to be profitable in doing so, however I believed it will be betrayal if I did a movie along with her.”
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In his memoir, ‘The Substance And The Shadow: An Autobiography’, Dilip recalled the casting of Ram Aur Shyam. The movie had Dilip play twin position, for one in every of his position, Waheeda Rehman was forged as his love curiosity, nevertheless, they have been looking for one other heroine for his different position after firing Vyjayanthimala for a “tantrum that was uncalled for.”
Dilip recalled, “Nagi Reddy was all admiration for Saira and her latest performances and was sure that her pairing with me within the comedy conditions could be an enormous draw since she possessed a beautiful aptitude for spirited comedy. Because it was my apply to take an energetic curiosity within the making of my movie, I voiced my opinion that I didn’t agree with Nagi Reddy on this problem as a result of I felt she was too delicate and harmless in look for a personality that needed to have a great deal of seductive enchantment and a daring, buxom look.” Finally, the position went to Mumtaz, which grew to become a career-changing alternative for the actress.
Nonetheless, even earlier than wrapping up the movie Ram Aur Shyam, Dilip met Saira at her birthday, the place he fell in love along with her and ultimately introduced their engagement. In the identical yr, the couple tied the knot.
Dilip and Saira stayed married till he handed in 2021.
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