guiding the celebrations was prime minister narendra modi who took charge of the festivities and delivered a stirring address to the nation from the historic red forts ramparts be it midnight or the day dilipuntil now black and white films were the order of the day and held the roostshe carried on soon life became a blast of light and joy and occasions such as birthdays blossomed into a flood of appreciation flowers messages from friends and fans making the whole house into a garden of eden hey presto we were happily married and i started my life from an admiring fan to a devoted wife today as saira celebrates her birthday she took to her ig handle to walk down memory lane reminiscing her love story with dilip saab no sooner than i finished my london school and came back home to bombay i had the sheer luck of getting to do junglee the super hit eastman colour film that became the rage of the time what good luck the next couple of days he travelled on whirlwind flights from madras to bombay every other night and had dinner with me i got to see the different aspects and qualities of this great human being read alsoindependence day saira banu shares clips from dilip kumars patriotic filmson tuesday india joyously commemorated its 77th independence day marking a significant milestone in its history she revealed that dharmendra would walk into dilip kumars house without any ceremony or appointments added life became besieged with good luck one miracle after another and can you imagine that the emperor of acting for whom the world was his stage the legendary dilip kumar might have passed for his heavenly abode but his wife saira banu makes sure to keep his memory alive by sharing little anecdotes from their personal life on one of these magical evenings he popped the question will you marry me mrdilip kumar who knew me since i was a little girl and consequently refused to work with me but soon after meeting me at this house warming party exclaimed you have grown up into a beautiful girl here came the realization of a dream that i had nurtured ever since i was in my teens thissaira banu reveals how dilip kumar became a guiding light in dharmendras lifein her latest instagram post saira banu went down memory lane and shared a few anecdotes about how dharmendra and dilip kumar used to enjoy each others company on 23rd august 1966 such a quality evening the house warming of our new residence at 34b pali hill was on the house was made intentionally and absolutely dilip sahibs dar kay saamney ghar kay saamney he was unlike any person that i had ever met a man who oozed a royal halo of understated elegance sharing some priceless throwback pics the actor wrote as far as i can remember birthdays have been so special for me my mother pari chehra naseem banuji