On October 11, 2020, Dilip Kumar and Saira Banu are celebrating 54 years of their marital bliss.
Dilip Kumar and Saira Banu are celebrating their wedding anniversary on October 11. This year, the couple has completed 54 years of marital bliss. However, they will not be celebrating their wedding anniversary as Dilip Kumar's brothers passed away earlier this year. Stating the same, Saira Banu tweeted, "Oct. 11, is always the most beautiful day in my life. Dilip Saheb married me on this day and made my cherished dreams come true. This year, we are not celebrating. You all know we lost two of our brothers, Ahsan Bhai and Aslam Bhai... The unprecedented turmoil due to the Covid-19 pandemic has taken many lives and caused sorrow in many many families. In the current circumstances, we request all of you, our dear friends, to pray for each other's safety and well being. May God be with us all. Stay Safe."
On the occasion of Dilip Kumar and Saira Banu's wedding anniversary, let's take at a few quotes where both showered their love on each other.
Dilip Kumar awestruck looking at Saira Banu
In his memoir titled Dilip Kumar: The Substance and the Shadow, Yusuf Khan described how his eyes fell on Saira. He penned, "When I alighted from my car and entered the beautiful garden that leads to the house, I can still recall my eyes falling on Saira standing in the foyer of her new house looking breathtakingly beautiful in a brocade sari. I was taken aback because she was no longer the young girl I consciously avoided working with because I thought she would look too young to be my heroine. She had indeed grown to full womanhood and was, in reality, more beautiful than I thought she was. I simply stepped forward and shook her hand and for us, time stood still."
When Saira Banu was smitten by Dilip Kumar
Earlier in an interview, Saira Banu had confessed about falling for Dilip Kumar. She stated, "I was not just another girl smitten by Dilip Kumar. For me, it was no castle in the air because I had given my dream the strong foundation of faith- faith in myself and faith in God."
Love for her 'kohinoor'
Talking about the love they share even after so many decades of togetherness, Saira had shared, "I am still head over heels in love with my Kohinoor, Yousuf Sahab, the way I was when I first felt attracted to him as a 12-year-old. Ours has been as good and enduring a marriage as so many marriages that have survived the ups and downs for four decades. No marriage is perfect. How can it be, when as human beings we are not perfect? It is mutual love, respect and adoration that keep a marriage ticking."