Hindi cinema veteran Saira Banu on Friday made Instagram debut and paid tribute to husband, cinema icon Dilip Kumar, on his second demise anniversary.
The 78-year-old actor shared a throwback {photograph} with Kumar as her first publish on Instagram and stated via the social media platform she would want to share the late actor’s “life, his ideas and imaginative and prescient”.
“I’m penning this be aware on the seventh of July to particularly specific my gratitude to the overwhelming multitude of caring well-wishers and dearest pals from the world over who’ve so tremendously swept me off my ft until at present with their eternal remembrance, love and respect for my Kohinoor, Dilip Kumar Sahib (sic),” Banu wrote.
She stated Kumar, whose actual title was Mohammed Yusuf Khan, was not solely the best actor but additionally a “nice human being”. “On Instagram I want to share his life, his ideas and imaginative and prescient, as additionally his dedication and commitments not solely to the Movie Trade of which he has been the last word actor, however varied different actions in direction of society and well-being of the world at massive,” Banu added.
Kumar, identified for main iconic movies similar to Madhumati, Naya Daur, Mughal-e-Azam, Devdas, Ganga Jumna, and Saudagar, was awarded Indian cinema’s highest honour — the Dada Saheb Phalke Award in 1994.
The actor died in July 2021 after extended sickness at age of 98.
