Saira Banu, the most famous actress of the 60s, is 80 years old today. Saira's mother Naseem Banu was a famous actress of the 40s, who is called the first female superstar of Hindi cinema. When Saira was 3 years old, her father left her and went to Pakistan during the India-Pakistan partition.
Since childhood, Saira Banu used to dream of only two things. First, to be called a beauty queen or superstar like her mother and the second was to marry Dilip Kumar who was 22 years older than her. Luckily, both of Saira's dreams were fulfilled.
Famous film actress Saira Banu, who entered films at the age of just 16, is considered to be a very good actress in Bollywood. Along with films, her love life has also been great. Her love life started with the 'Tragedy King' Dilip Kumar and ended with him.
Let's learn about the story of Saira Banu's unbreakable love for Dilip Kumar. When Dilip Kumar's film 'Aan' was released in the year 1952, Saira Banu was just 8 years old at that time. She started liking Dilip Kumar at that age itself.
Saira herself told this in an interview. She loved Dilip Kumar from the bottom of her heart. Along with this, Saira also told that she used to pray to God that she too should become a big heroine in films like her mother.
And his troy repeated itself as Saira Banu achieved success at a very young age. After this, on 11 October 1966, Saira's dream which she used to see was fulfilled. Let us tell you that she got married to Dilip Kumar at the young age of just 2.