Remembering that first encounter, Saira Banu said in an interview:

Remembering that first encounter, Saira Banu said in an interview:

“When he smiled at me and remarked that I was a pretty girl, I could feel my whole being taking wing and flying rapturously. I knew somewhere deep within me that I was going to be his wife.”

For Saira there is never a day passed when she does not thank Allah for giving him a Kohinoor in the form of her husband Dilip Kumar. The much-in-love Saira has this to say:

“I am still head over heels in love with my Kohinoor, Yousuf Sahab, the way I was when I first felt attracted to him as a 12 year-old. Ours has been as good and enduring a marriage as so many marriages that have survived the ups and downs for four decades. No marriage is perfect. How can it be, when as human beings we are not perfect? It is mutual love, respect and adoration that keep a marriage ticking.”