Saira Banu as soon as obtained so jealous of Vyjayantimala that she tore {a magazine} that includes her image with Dilip Kumar. Sharing photos of Dilip and Vyjayantimala on her Instagram web page, Saira recalled she had not watched any of her movies and the primary time she noticed Vyjayantimala was on {a magazine} web page, posing beside Dilip. Saira tore up the Madhumati star’s face from the journal and all of it occurred in 1958. (Also learn: Saira Banu recollects Dilip Kumar proposing to her throughout romantic rain)
Saira has typically confessed that she first fell for Dilip Kumar when she was a 12-year-old woman and all the time felt she was privileged that she might marry him. In her put up, Saira additionally recalled how her mom would prepare movie magazines for her as a result of she was an ardent movie fan and liked placing up photos of her favorite actors.
‘Embarrassing’ childhood reminiscence
Calling it an embarrassing reminiscence and one that may be unusual in addition to rib-tickling, Saira wrote, “To me, this particular memory of 1958, when I was a young girl, is embarrassing to the tee because today, down the years my association with my favourite filmstar Vyjayanthimala has turned into an alliance wherein she is “Akka” (elder sister) to me and we speak to each other every other week. As I was growing up I had this habit of pasting photos of my favourite heartthrobs on the wall just next to my bed so that first thing I could gaze at them. Just a year earlier I had seen Sahib’s fantastic performance in ‘AAN’ which was specially screened in London. He was so handsome. I was mad for him.”
Saira revealed that she even had Elvis Presley and Rock Hudson’s photos in her room. She additionally recalled the ‘scramble’ she would have together with her brother for the movie magazines once they arrived at their London residence. “In our home in London we had this letter box which was the cynosure of the eyes of my brother Sultan and my expectant eyes as letters from our mother and friends would come from India. Being homesick we would thirst for them. My mother knew I was crazy about Indian films so she would intermittently post ‘Filmfare Magazine’ for our entertainment. It was a mad scramble between my brother and me as to who would be the first to grab the magazine and of course, the letters from home, and this always ended in a tussle scrap, almost becoming a wrestling match wherein Sultan ended up laughing uncontrollably at my pathetic flap of arms in serious attempts to get hold of the magazine.”
‘Grew as much as admire her, affiliate together with her as a member of the family’
Admitting it was one infantile transfer, Saira shared intimately how she tore Vyjayantimala’s image. “In one such magazine, there was this photo of “MADHUMATI” which was considered bold at that time where Sahib was romantically resting his face on Vyayantimala’s forehead. It was a beautiful photo and in my childishness, I got so jealous of Sahib’s proximity to her face that I took a pair of scissors and deftly started to snip away that portion of the photograph. Just imagine! I am hysterical with laughter when I recall this. Until then I had never seen her in any film and as fate would have it I grew up to meet, admire, and associate with her as a member of my family. There are many interesting memories with her wherein I hold “Akka’ in excessive esteem and shall narrate it at some point.”
Dilip Kumar-Vyajayantimala
Having made her Hindi debut in 1951, Vyajayantimala first with Dilip Kumar in Bimal Roy’s Devdas. She featured as Chandramukhi within the 1955 film. Prior to Madhumati, she additionally labored with him within the iconic movie Naya Daur. Later, they labored collectively in Ganga Jamuna, Leader and Sunghursh.
Source: www.hindustantimes.com