Saira Banu

Saira Banu

Infobox actor



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occupation = Actress
spouse = Dilip Kumar (1966-present)

Saira Banu also Saira Bano (Hindi: साइरा बानु, Urdu: سائرہ بانو), born August 23 1944, is a popular Bollywood actress. She acted in many blockbusters from 1960-80.

Early life

Saira Banu was born in India to actress Naseem Banu, and the granddaughter of a courtesan Chamiyan Bai, also known as Shamshad Begum (not to be confused with the famous playback singer of the yesteryear Shamshad Begum). Saira had spent a significant part of her childhood in London, and went to finish school.

Her niece Shaheen Banu was also an actress who was married to former actor Sumeet Saigal and since divorced and remarried to Atul Patel and IFA in London.

Career

Banu made her acting debut opposite Shammi Kapoor in the 1961 hit film "Junglee" for which she earned her first Filmfare nomination as Best Actress. It also instantly made her a successful actress throughout the 1960s and early 1970s. After having a long time affair with Rajendra Kumar she married to to Dilip Kumar in 1966, Saira looked for dramatically challenging roles.

She was considered to be one of the few actresses who started exposing in Bollywood. She wore a swimsuit in "April Fool", followed by a number of movies including Resham Ki Dori, Victoria no. 403, International Crook, Saazish, Pocketmaar, Purab Aur Pacchim. Her chemistry with Dharmendra was awesome in Saazish.

Victoria No. 403 was the best among the lot where Saira put on a lovely show with all time famous Ranjeet.

Her valiant attempts to establish a reputation as an actress after "Gopi", "Sagina" and "Bairaag" (all with Dilip Kumar) and films like Hrishikesh Mukherjee's "Chaitali" met with limited success. She did earn three additional Filmfare nominations as Best Actress for Shagird (1967), Diwana (1968), and Sagina (1974). In 1976, Saira chose to end her film career. Subsequently she weathered a storm in her marriage in 1980 which was quickly resolved. She then appeared in a cameo opposite her husband in "Duniya" (1984) and made her last film appearance in the 1988 film "Faisla". She has since become a successful television producer recently producing the television serial "Stree... Teri Kahani" which has been written by her niece Shaheen Patel.

Personal life

In 1966, 22-year-old Saira married 44-year-old Dilip Kumar and despite furor in the media, their marriage has been one of the longest lasting marriages in Bollywood. They have no children.

Filmography

* "Faisla" (1988)
* "Duniya" (1984)
* "Hera Pheri" (1976)
* "Zameer" (1975)
* "Victoria No. 203" (1972)
* "Purab Aur Paschim" (1971)
* "Aadmi Aur Insaan" (1969) ... Meena Khanna
* "Jhuk Gaya Aasmaan" (1968)
* "Padosan" (1968) ... Bindu
* "Aman" (1967) ... Meloda
* "Diwana" (1967) ... Kamini Gupta
* "Shagird" (1967) ... Punam
* "Pyar Mohabbat" (1966) ... Reeta Singh
* "Yeh Zindagi Kitni Haseen Hai" (1966) ... Sarita
* "April Fool" (1964) ... Madhu/Rita Christina
* "Ayee Milan Ki Bela" (1964) ... Barkha Choudhry
* "Door Ki Awaaz" (1964)
* "Bluff Master" (1963) ... Seema
* "Shaadi" (1962)
* "Junglee"( 1961) ... Rajkumari 'Raj'
* "Sazish"... With Dharmindra

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