Saira Banu celebrates her birthday with throwback pics, recalls eternal bond with Dilip Kumar in emotional note

Saira Banu shares throwback pics

Veteran actress Saira Banu is celebrating her 81st birthday and has shared a series of throwback photos and videos to mark the special day. She also penned a series of special memories that she cherishes on her birthday.

The veteran actress took to her Instagram and penned in the caption, “There are certain days in one’s life that do not merely exist but rather stand as reflections of all that has been given to us. My birthday has always been such a day, not a moment for revelry alone, but it touches every thought and being that has shaped me into the person I am today.”

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Saira Banu penned, “I think often of my grandmother, Shamshad Waheed Khan, whose strength and wisdom were the earliest pillars of my childhood; of my mother, Pari Chehra Naseem Banuji, whose grace and warmth lent colour to my world; and of my elder brother, Sultan, whose guidance has remained a steady hand through every season. Their love, in its constancy, is the true wealth I have carried across years.”

She continued, “Yet life, in its true sense, had one more extraordinary gift awaiting me. What began as admiration for an artist admired from afar was, by the tender hand of destiny, transformed into a companionship most rare. The decision to make my home near his was at the time but a matter of circumstance; little did I suspect it to be providence, gently steering my heart toward him. That a man so revered by the world could look upon me with kindness, and in time with love, remains the greatest wonder of my life.”

The actress further noted, “And so, as I arrive at another birthday, I do so with gratitude for the many kind wishes that reach me, for the memories that remain ever luminous, and for the presence of my beloved which, though unseen, resides in every corner of my heart.”

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She concluded her post by writing, “This day, therefore, is not merely a celebration of age, but of love that endures, of memories that soften the edges of time, and of a bond that remains my life’s most cherished story.”
Saira Banu started her post with a picture of meeting Manoj Kumar. She continued the series with a video of herself cutting a cake with Lata Mangeshkar standing by her side. She also shared a picture of herself with Dilip Kumar as they cut the cake.