Saira Banu, the Bollywood Heartthrob of yesteryears celebrated her Birthday on Aug 23. She got married to the then Bollywood Superstar Dilip Kumar in 1966. The couple have remained happily married since.
Bollywood is notorious for relegating it’s female stars to supporting stars at best after they get married. Even today.
Her career kick started in 1961 with the hit film Junglee opp. Shammi Kapoor, and then the Iconic Comedy – Padosan in 1963, opposite Sunil Dutt.
Incidentally, the popular search engine – Yahoo! Got it’s name from the song ‘Chahe Koi Mujhe Junglee Kahe…Yahoo!” from the film Junglee.
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