Veteran actor Saira Banu welcomed Hema Malini to her Mumbai residence after a protracted hole. She shared the second on Instagram and regarded again at their bond that started within the Sixties. As Saira put it, “Hema and I had been wishing to satisfy one another for a really very long time… Not so way back, she referred to as me, and earlier than I knew it, she was at my doorstep.”
They spent hours speaking in regards to the previous. “We spent an attractive few hours collectively, immersed in recollections, reliving these golden days, and sharing laughter over tales that point can by no means erase,” Saira wrote. Saira first met Hema in 1966 on the units of Deewana by Raj Kapoor, “I keep in mind being immediately impressed by her beautiful seems to be.” Quickly, they have been taking pictures on the Krishna Raj Sagar Dam. “Our rooms have been adjoining, and within the evenings my mom, Hema, her mom and I might sit collectively within the massive verandahs, exchanging magnificence secrets and techniques. I reminded her how Amma would put lobaan in her hair for freshness and khushboo.”
She additionally recalled how she and Dilip Kumar launched Hema to the press in Madras. “Dilip Sahab was so type and gracious to be the primary particular person to introduce her, and Hema was visibly touched by that reminiscence.” Years later, Saira beloved seeing Hema and Dharmendra dance collectively on TV. “The love and luxury between them was such a pleasure to observe.”
A Janmashtami story tied the recollections collectively. “Throughout that dialog with Hema, I informed her one other Janmashtami story… The picturisation of the Kanha tune in Shagird occurred to fall precisely on Janmashtami.” That night time, at Filmistan Studios, Saira shared a playful message by way of Nazir Hussain for Dilip Kumar: “Please inform him that Saira is dying to work with him… and if he refuses, then ask him to marry me!”
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Quickly after, the joke turned actual. “The subsequent morning, he dutifully carried my playful message to Dilip Sahab… inside days, he walked into my life, regarded into my eyes, and requested my grandmother and mom for my hand in marriage.”
