Meet actress who married actor 22 years older than her, became superstar after debut
Saira Banu belongs to the elite group of actresses from the 1960s and 1970s who commanded the highest pay. saira was born and raised in London, but she eventually moved to India. She had always wanted to be an actor, and she worked hard to make her dream come true. Against the desires of her family, she fell in love with dilip kumar as soon as she set foot in Bollywood. When saira banu and dilip kumar got married, they were both 22 years old. There were no kids born to the couple. dilip kumar once said in his memoirs that saira banu experienced a miscarriage in the 1970s and that they decided not to try for children again.
Recently, saira banu posted an intriguing story on instagram about her husband dilip Kumar. She said that her spouse used her as a "sleeping pill."
Saira Banu wrote, "You see, Sahib (Dilip Kumar) was the greatest actor of all time. He had absolutely everything at his disposal, yet not many people know that he suffered from severe insomnia. Before our marriage, even after taking pills, he would remain awake until dawn. However, once we got married and became indispensable to each other, he started sleeping just in time. He even gave me a cute nickname, endearingly saying, ‘Saira, you are my sleeping pill, you are my pillow.’ To this day, I burst into laughter remembering the charm with which he would say it."