On Dilip Kumar’s first demise anniversary, Saira Banu pens a protracted emotional be aware the place she shares her moments with the late veteran actor. While writing a be aware for Dilip Kumar, she remembered their 56 years of togetherness and the way she fell in love with him when she was solely 12-years-old.Also Read – Bollywood Saturday: Do You Know Shah Rukh Khan’s Om Shaanti Om Has a Dilip Kumar-Rishi Kapoor Connection?
I bury my face within the pillow and check out to return to sleep…
Saira Banu have skilled the supreme bliss of spending unforgettable moments with Dilip Kumar. She wrote,”I’m wondering what number of of you who’re studying this have skilled the supreme bliss of spending unforgettable moments, days and years with the one man (or girl) you could have dreamed of as your life associate. If you could have, you’ll simply really feel and perceive the sense of desolation I really feel at the moment and every single day from the time I get up, seeing the empty house beside me within the mattress we shared for over five- and-a-half many years. Also Read – Saira Banu Breaks Down Remembering Dilip Kumar As She Accepts Bharat Ratna Dr Ambedkar Award For Him- Watch
I flip my face away and bury my face within the pillow and check out to return to sleep… as if by doing so I’ll open my eyes once more and see him sleeping by my facet, his pink cheeks glowing within the morning rays of the solar streaming into the room. Surely I do know the truth. The solely actuality that all of us have to come back to phrases with. When you lose essentially the most valuable folks in your life, I’ve reckoned that, greater than the loss, it’s the painful acceptance of the truth that you might be powerless earlier than the need of God. The Almighty doesn’t make exceptions and we now have no selection however to just accept his will in all humility.’ Also Read – ‘No Point in Stepping Out When…: Saira Banu After Losing Dilip Kumar
I take into account myself very lucky…
Saira Banu thought-about herself lucky for being with Dilip saab for greater than 56 years.” Having mentioned that, I need to admit that I take into account myself very lucky that I had my Yousuf with me for 56 years and extra. The complete world now is aware of I fell in love with him on the age of 12 and I grew up with the dream tucked away in my thoughts that he alone is the proper man for me. When the dream got here true, I knew I used to be not his solely admirer and that I had jumped the lengthy queue of girls who have been hoping to be Mrs Dilip Kumar. There have been numerous followers and actors and technicians and college students of cinema who seemed as much as him as their guru”, Saira wrote.
Dilip Saheb was the nation’s first famous person…
Recalling the person Dilip Kumar was, Saira Banu mentioned he was completely different from different actors. “I was extremely happy but at the same time I didn’t take long to understand that he was not going to give me undivided attention. He was committed and passionate about his work. Plus, he was not just a brother to his siblings but a father figure and a pillar of strength and support to them. He was different from other actors in his personal life. He had utmost respect for the position he had attained as the country’s first Superstar and he considered it his responsibility to support social causes and be a decent role model to his fans”, Saira wrote additional.
Dilip Kumar could be very a lot alive for me…
“I thanked and continue to thank Allah who brought us together for the gift of a life with a man who was as simple and pure as a child at heart and yet had a wealth of experience, wisdom and knowledge to impart to me and chisel my personality as only he could. I may sound crazy when I say that he is very much alive for me and for millions of his admirers in the unparalleled body of work he has left behind as a precious legacy for us. For me, as the lucky one to have been his wife, mother, friend, fan – all rolled into one – he lives in the memories I have stored in my heart. I feel his warmth, his love, the lively twinkle in his eyes when I recall how he spoke to my grandmother with whom he frequently discussed classical Hindustani music and Urdu poetry, his savouring of the special tea served in the special crockery my mother kept aside only for him, his deep concern for his own family and his playful interaction with his nephews and nieces, his lavish hospitality when close friends visited us…in short, in every thing I see, touch and hear. For instance, the garden he loved to relax in, especially in the evening when the crows create a cacophony as they fly homeward to their nests in the trees. He had a special whistle that the crows recognised and brought them to the part of the garden where he sat.”
Unable to see any picture of my Dilip Saheb with out breaking down…
Saira Banu can’t maintain again her feelings whereas seeing Dilip Kumar’s motion pictures. “Not a moment passes in my life every day when he is not before my eyes. If someone has switched on the television and one of his films is playing on the screen, if any of the audio devices is on and a song picturised on him is playing- my staff watches and listens avidly but I avoid joining them because I cannot hold back my emotions. I am unable to see any image of my Saheb without breaking down. Be it a popular song from one of his films or an interview…. or a forward on WhatsApp, replete with stories and anecdotes and personal recollections about his work and his unassuming nature and his genuine simplicity in the way he interacted with people”.
She concluded, “The paradox is that I know that he is in my heart and in the essence of my very being like he has always been and yet I open my eyes every morning with the incredible thought that one morning I will find him asleep next to me.”
