Saira Banu has been seen sharing beautiful memories of Dilip Kumar ever since her debut on Instagram and her recent post has grabbed everyone's heart as she reminisced about acting alongside Dilip Kumar in Gopi.
Sharing glimpses form the film, the veteran actress captioned, “When I talk about 'GOPI', for me it is like a dream come true. I think the whole world knows by now that I have been madly in love with Sahib since I was a twelve-year-old girl when I first saw him in 'AAN' at a special screening in London, and then I had the good fortune to repeatedly see him in person at venues and functions in Mumbai. Soon after schooling, when I joined the film industry with 'JUNGLEE', the roaring success of the film gave me many opportunities to work with the choicest stars, but since Sahib was a family friend and he had seen me growing up, he emphatically refused each film he was offered with me, saying that "She is too young and I have seen her growing up", the last film he refused working with me was 'RAM AUR SHYAM'.
On that magical evening of August 23, 1966, my birthday, he especially flew from Madras for our House Warming Party. He walked across, shook hands with me, looked into my eyes, and said, “You have grown up into a beautiful girl””.
“Thereupon we were blissfully married and the offer of 'GOPI' came about and I was working with Sahib! God be praised!,” said Banu.
She further added, “You can imagine my state of sharing the same space and the same frame with the Shahenshah of Acting whom I have idolised and dreamt of working with. In our first shot together, I felt that the earth would part and the sky would shake with thunder, the way I was nervous. It was a casual scene between us set in Gopi’s village house and I was trying my utmost to emote in a very subdued Dilip Kumarish manner! We had many rehearsals under Bhim Singhji’s direction and writer Rajender Kishenji who was like a father figure stood by watching the rehearsals. Something was not going right for me with my performance and soon Rajenderji called me over, made me sit, and said “Beta you are doing very well and you are Saira Banu, you try and be yourself when you say the dialogues. You are standing in Dilip Kumar’s shadow, trying to deliver your lines like him. Don’t do that, relax your shoulders and be yourself! Act as your own self!” Ultimately with great help, patience and gentle understanding from Sahib, I performed the scene to satisfaction!”
“'GOPI' will always be special to me all my life,” Banu concluded.
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Saira Banu and Dilip Kumar tied the knot on October 11, 1966 and the couple were together for over five decades. Dilip Kumar passed away on July 7 due to old age ailments and prolonged illness.
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