Dilip Kumar celebrates 93rd birthday with wife Saira Banu Friday Dec 11,2015

 

Dilipkumar celebrated his 93rd birthday with wife Saira Banu at his residence.

The duo Dilip Kumar and Saira Banu tied the knot on October 11, 1966 when ‘tragedy king’ fell in love with his ‘Sagina Mahato’ co-star.

Of all the love stories in Bollywood, this fairy tale love story is one of the most cherished ones. When it comes to off-screen romance, very few celebrity couples extend a lifelong devotion towards each other. Saira Banu-Dilip Kumar makes up a perfect example of an eternal love story.

 

Not only has the couple featured together on silver screen in various films such as ‘Duniya’, ‘Bairaag’, ‘Chhoti Bahu’ and ‘Gopi’ but they have always stood by each other through thick and thin

'Devdas', 'Madhumati', 'Daag', 'Ram aur Shyam', these are some of the trendsetter movies that formed the base of the 'Bollywood' we know today. What all these films have in common is a legendary actor who made these film memorable in the minds of every cinema lover. Dilip Kumar or Yusuf Khan, the tragedy king of Bollywood , created a niche for modern day Bollywood along with Raj Kapoor and Guru Dutt. He was the first receiver of Filmfare best actor award in 1954.

While Guru Dutt and Raj Kapoor were known for showing the perils of post colonial India and busy building entertainment around it, Dilip Kumar emerged as a director's actor. Coming from a non-filmy background , Yusuf Khan was spotted in a military canteen by actress Devika Rani and her husband actor-director Himanshu Rai and was cast in 1944's 'Jwar Bhata'. This is when Yusuf Khan became Dilip Kumar. In front of the camera Yusuf was Dilip, an actor, a performer, a character and once the camera stopped rolling the film star resided back to his former, simple self

When the legendary actor took to severe illness recently, Saira Banu stood by him like a rock.

 With every year, their shared feelings of love and romance have only increased which makes them a perfect inspiration for the couples striving to get their love life on track