{"id":120030,"date":"2024-08-23T12:57:09","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T12:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/23\/saira-banu-recalls-the-most-precious-gift-she-received-from-dilip-kumar\/"},"modified":"2024-08-23T12:57:09","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T12:57:09","slug":"saira-banu-recalls-the-most-precious-gift-she-received-from-dilip-kumar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/23\/saira-banu-recalls-the-most-precious-gift-she-received-from-dilip-kumar\/","title":{"rendered":"Saira Banu Recalls The Most &#8220;Precious Gift&#8221; She Received From Dilip Kumar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"738\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2024-08\/bpmvf0l8_saia-_625x300_23_August_24.jpeg?resize=1200,738&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Saira Banu Recalls The Most &#8220;Precious Gift&#8221; She Received From Dilip Kumar\" title=\"Saira Banu Recalls The Most &#8220;Precious Gift&#8221; She Received From Dilip Kumar\" \/><\/div>\n<div id=\"ignorediv\">\n                                        <!-- Story Text --><br \/>\n                                                                                <b class=\"place_cont\">New Delhi: <\/b><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Happy Birthday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/entertainment\/saira-banu-s-birthday-wish-for-akka-vyjayanthimala-on-91st-birthday-6328949\">Saira Banu<\/a>. The veteran actress celebrates her 80th birthday today (August 23). On the special day,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/entertainment\/saira-banu-shares-a-sweet-birthday-note-for-her-shaadi-co-star-manoj-kumar-6177721\"> Saira Banu<\/a> is missing her late husband, cinema legend Dilip Kumar. In an interaction with the news agency, <a href=\"https:\/\/ianslive.in\/saira-banus-most-precious-gift-a-heartfelt-compliment-from-dilip-kumar--20240823105705\">IANS<\/a>, Saira Banu recalled a \u201cprecious gift\u201d she received from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/entertainment\/here-s-why-dilip-kumar-called-saira-banu-his-sleeping-pill-6053359\">Dilip Kumar<\/a> which created a lasting memory in her life. \u201cThe most precious gift I&#8217;ve ever received? A heartfelt compliment from Dilip Kumar that changed my life forever\u201d revealed the <em>Padosan<\/em> alum. Remembering the magical evening on her 22nd birthday in 1966, Saira Banu shared how Dilip Kumar flew from Madras to surprise her. \u201cDilip Kumar walked in, held my hand, and said, \u2018My, you have grown up into a beautiful girl.&#8217; Time stood still. Little did I know, it was the start of our beautiful love story,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Saira Banu added, \u201cOn August 23rd, 1966, we celebrated my birthday and the housewarming of our new home, thoughtfully chosen and built near Dilip Sahib&#8217;s house. Among many options, we selected this location to be close to him, unknowingly paving the way for our future together.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Saira Banu said that she has been \u201cfortunate to experience the many facets of the incredible\u201d Dilip Kumar.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Saira Banu added that she is missing Dilip Kumar a little extra on her birthday. \u201cToday, as I celebrate another birthday, I&#8217;m overwhelmed with love and gratitude from kind-hearted people who have showered me with affection. Yet, amidst the joy, my heart yearns for the one person who made every day feel like a celebration &#8211; Dilip Sahib. I wish he was here to hold my hand, smile at me, and make this day unforgettable,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Saira Banu said that she has been \u201cgrateful for our time together and cherish the memories we created. This birthday, I look forward to reliving them forever by sharing stories of my beloved with you all through my Instagram page.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Dilip Kumar died on July 7, 2021. He was 98.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                                        <!-- Featured Video --><br \/>\n                                                                                <!-- Recommended Widget -->\n                                                                                                                    <\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/entertainment\/saira-banu-remembers-the-incredible-dilip-kumar-on-her-80th-birthday-6399653#publisher=newsstand\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: Happy Birthday, Saira Banu. The veteran actress celebrates her 80th birthday today (August 23). On the special day, Saira Banu is missing her late husband, cinema legend Dilip Kumar. In an interaction with the news agency, IANS, Saira Banu recalled a \u201cprecious gift\u201d she received from Dilip Kumar which created a lasting memory [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":120031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2024-08\/bpmvf0l8_saia-_625x300_23_August_24.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[619],"tags":[33133,9657,3068,16575,45163,6672,2720,34764,5029,794,33132,33059,97729],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120030"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120030"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120032,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120030\/revisions\/120032"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}