Saira Banu says Yash Johar turned Santa Claus and brought ‘tablets and oils’ for Dilip Kumar from America: ‘He was one in a million friend’

Saira mentioned that her mother, Naseem Banu, had asthma, and the medicines she needed had to be brought from either London or America since they weren’t available in India back then. The actor recalled, “He (Yash Johar) would be ‘Santa Claus’ just coming into our home and bringing in the desired medicines with a snap of a finger it would seem! Similarly some oils and tablets were desired for Sahib and the same surprise would be repeated for the requirement.”

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The veteran actor also remembered an incident during a trip to America when Yash Johar was carrying a blood sample for a well-known friend. The test couldn’t be done in Bombay, so they had to take it abroad. She said, “He was one in a million friend, compassionate and an extraordinarily caring human being.”

She concluded, “One sunny morning when I was sharing my cup of tea with Sahib he smiled at me and said “Saira I know that you have stopped working so that we share this precious time to lull over happily together over a cup of tea. Then he proceeded to give me the surprise of surprises, he said that he would like me to do a ‘Special Appearance’ which depicted his wife in the film, Yash Johar’s ‘DUNIYA’ for which he was shooting.”