Veteran actor Saira Banu once again went down memory lane and shared a story about her husband, the late Bollywood superstar Dilip Kumar. In her latest social media post, Saira recalled her time in London, when she used to wait for her mother to mail her film magazines from India. In one such magazine, she came across pictures of her idol Dilip Kumar and his Madhumati co-star Vyjayanthimala and felt a pang of jealousy. Saira Banu spoke of the 1958 film being "bold" in nature with one of movie stills showing Dilip and Vyjayanthimala standing in close proximity. The actor wrote a long post recalling how waiting for magazines from India was a regular deal for her and her brother. The actor wrote, "More often than not childhood and teenage memories can be so strange and rib-ticklingly funny. To me, this particular memory of 1958, when I was a young girl, is embarrassing to the tee because today, down the years my association with my favourite film star Vyjayanthimala has turned into an alliance wherein she is 'Akka' (elder sister) to me and we speak to each other every other week." She added, "As I was growing up, I had this habit of pasting photos of my favourite heartthrobs on the wall just next to my bed so that first thing I could gaze at them. Just a year earlier I had seen Sahib's fantastic performance in Aan, which was specially screened in London. He was so handsome. I was mad for him. Then there were also cutouts of Elvis Presley the King of Rock, towering Rock Hudson, and enigmatic James Dean pasted on the wall." Check out Saira Banu's post - View this post on Instagram A post shared by Saira Banu Khan (@sairabanu) The actor further wrote, "My mother knew I was crazy about Indian films so she would intermittently post Filmfare Magazine for our entertainment. It was a mad scramble between my brother and me as to who would be the first to grab the magazine and of course, the letters from home, and this always ended in a tussle scrap, almost becoming a wrestling match wherein Sultan ended up laughing uncontrollably at my pathetic flap of arms in serious attempts to get hold of the magazine. In one such magazine, there was this photo of Madhumati, which was considered bold at that time where Sahib was romantically resting his face on Vyjayantimala's forehead." Saira felt a pang of jealousy, and did something that she looks back on sheepishly. "It was a beautiful photo, and in my childishness, I got so jealous of Sahib's proximity to her face that I took a pair of scissors and deftly started to snip away that portion of the photograph. Just imagine! I am hysterical with laughter when I recall this. Until then I had never seen her in any film and as fate would have it, I grew up to meet, admire, and associate with her as a member of my family. There are many interesting memories with her wherein I hold Akka in high esteem and shall narrate it one day," she wrote. Saira Banu often takes to her recently created Instagram account to share interesting memories from her past. She lost Dilip Kumar in 2021, but receives plethora of blessings from his fans now for sharing these interesting anecdotes.
