Happy birthday Saira Banu (Hindi: साइरा बानु, Urdu: سائرہ بانو, born 23 August 1944), also known as Saira Bano, is an Indian Bollywood actress and the wife of the film actor Dilip Kumar. She acted in many Bollywood films between 1961 and 1980. Saira Banu was born in India to actress Naseem Banu and film producer Mian Ehsan-ul-Haq, who produced the film Phool in Mumbai and film Wadah in Pakistan. Her grandmother was the courtesan Chamiyan Bai, also known as Shamshad Begum of Delhi (not to be confused with the famous playback singer of yesteryear Shamshad Begum who was from Amritsar, Punjab). Saira spent a significant part of her childhood in London, and went to finishing school. Saira banu was 16 year old in 1960 when she made her debut in Bollywood films. She said in show, that she had no talent and no dancing experience. Her peers all were classically trained, which was why she wasnt put in the top league. Saira started taking Kathak and Bharata Natyam lessons. Soon she became a dancer and her films flaunted more of her dance. Banu made her acting debut at 17 years opposite Shammi Kapoor in the 1961 film Junglee for which she earned her first Filmfare nomination as Best Actress. The famous song from this movie Yaahoo!! Chahe Koi Mujhe Junglee Kahe sung by Mohammed Rafi was a big success. Junglee was written by Aghajani Kashmeri (aka Kashmiri and Agha Jani), who also coached her in Urdu dialogue delivery, given his background in Urdu literature and poetry from Lucknow. Junglee also instantly made her a successful actress throughout the 1960s and early 1970s. But it is said that the turning point of her career was the comedy and love story Padosan, which brought her to be one of the successful actresses. Her valiant attempts to establish a reputation as an actress after Gopi, Sagina and Bairaag (all with Dilip Kumar) and films like Hrishikesh Mukherjees Chaitali met with limited success. Some of her successful films are Jhuk Gaya Aasman and Aayi Milan Ki Bela with Rajendra Kumar, with Biswajeet, she paired in April Fool, with one more successful actor Joy Mukherjee, her films were Aao Pyar Karen, Door Ki Aaawaz and with Dharmendra, she did Jwar Bhata, Aadmi Aur Insaan, Pocket Maar, International Crook, and Chaitali. She also did Pyar Mohabbat with Dev Anand and did two films with Manoj Kumar, namely Poorab Aur Paschim and Balidan. She did earn three additional Filmfare nominations as Best Actress for Shagird (1967), Diwana (1968), and Sagina (1974). In 1976, Saira chose to end her film career. Subsequently she weathered a storm in her marriage in 1980 which was quickly resolved. She then appeared in a cameo opposite her husband in Duniya (1984) and her last film Faisla released in 1988 which was filmed and completed in mid-70s. She lately appeared in supporting roles in Telugu movies. Saira Banu married actor Dilip Kumar in 1966. He was 44 at the time while she was 22. Source: Wikipedia youtu.be/n8tjs_v3wWs
Posted on: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 20:34:45 +0000
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