The Dilip Kumar-Saira Banu Love Story In Pics

Their love story is one of the most talked-about romances of Bollywood. Despite an age gap of 22 years, Dilip Kumar and Saira Banu immortalised love in real and reel life.

All these years, Saira Banu stood like a rock beside her husband. Here's a look at their timeless love story.

Back in 1960, when Dilip Kumar's Mughal-e-Azam was released, fangirl Saira Banu went to the premiere of the film to catch a glimpse of her favourite hero.

But to her disappointment, Dilip Kumar could not make it to the premiere.

However, a year later, she made her big Bollywood debut opposite Shammi Kapoor in Junglee. And after that there was no looking back for her.

She soon went on to work with big names in Bollywood, but it was actor Rajendra Kumar who stole her heart. But due to his marital status, their relationship was doomed from the very beginning.

However, it was Saira's mom Naseem Banu who played the Cupid between Dilip and her daughter.

Buzz has it that she asked Dilip to talk her out of her relationship with Rajendra Kumar.

In the process, Dilip fell in love with Saira and the two went on to tie the knot on October 11, 1966. At that time, she was 22 and Dilip was 44. The age gap did raise many eyebrows, and people predicted that the marriage wouldn't last long.

But the two proved everyone wrong with their fairytale romance. Saira Banu stayed by Dilip Kumar, and by his bedside at the hospital, when he breathed his last on July 7, 2021.