{"id":89617,"date":"2025-08-23T08:58:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T08:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/89617\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T08:58:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T08:58:06","slug":"when-spellbound-by-dilip-kumars-charm-saira-banu-forgot-about-meeting-madhubala-on-mughal-e-azams-set-i-just-remember-looking-at-yusuf-saab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/89617\/","title":{"rendered":"When spellbound by Dilip Kumar’s charm, Saira Banu forgot about meeting Madhubala on Mughal-E-Azam’s set: “I just remember looking at Yusuf saab…” |"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"When The love story of Dilip Kumar<\/a> and Saira Banu<\/a> has been written with golden letters, exemplifying \u2018What\u2019s meant to be, will be\u2019 despite the tragic past and broken hearts. As the actress was mesmerized by the \u201cTragedy King\u201d since she was 12, there have been instances where she remembers nothing but him. Celebrating the 81st birthday of Saira Banu, here\u2019s a closer look at when she opened up about being fascinated by Kumar on the sets of \u2018Mughal-E-Azam\u2019 to the extent that she doesn\u2019t remember his co-star, Madhubala<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Saira Banu recalls meeting Dilip Kumar <\/p>\n

The late proficient actor Dilip Kumar and Saira Banu recited their wedding vows in 1966, when he was 44 and she was 22. While she grew up in London, the \u2018Junglee\u2019 actress often visited Mumbai during the summer break. On such an occasion, Banu\u2019s family and friends decided to visit the sets of \u2018Mughal-E-Azam.\u2019 The \u2018Devdas\u2019 actor had such an impression imprinted on her that she couldn\u2019t even remember looking at the stunning actress, Madhubala, who was present on the sets. At the time, the co-stars had broken up, and a couple of years later, Kumar and Banu got married, according to the Indian Express.<\/p>\n

Saira Banu didn’t remember the ever-gorgeous Madhubala<\/p>\n

\u201cI think Mughal-e-Azam must have been winding up at that time with the Sheesh Mahal set. And I saw him there, and I don\u2019t remember a thing about the Sheesh Mahal,\u201d she said in the interview, before adding, \u201cI don\u2019t remember a thing about the gorgeous, beautiful Madhubala as Anarkali.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Dilip Kumar was respectful towards the family…<\/p>\n

Recalling the interaction between Kumar (born Muhammad Yusuf Khan) and her family, she said that the late actor was respectful towards them. \u201cI just remember looking at Yusuf saab, standing there in a white shirt and pants. He had folded his arms, and he called my mother Aapaji. He was ever so respectful of Aapaji and ever so fond of my family,\u201d she said. “Get the latest updates on Times of India, including reviews of the movie Coolie <\/a> and War 2<\/a>.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The love story of Dilip Kumar and Saira Banu has been written with golden letters, exemplifying \u2018What\u2019s meant…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":89618,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,66686,44413,134,66685,344,66684,66683],"class_list":{"0":"post-89617","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-bollywood-romance","11":"tag-dilip-kumar","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-madhubala","14":"tag-movies","15":"tag-mughal-e-azam","16":"tag-saira-banu"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}