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Saira Banu
Saira Banu (born 23 August 1944) is an Indian actress who mainly worked in Hindi films. Regarded as one of the finest actors of Hindi cinema, she was among the most popular actresses of the 1960s and early 1970s. Banu received four Filmfare Awards nominations throughout her career.
Banu made her acting debut with Junglee (1961), for which she received Filmfare Award for Best Actress nomination.
She received three more Best Actress nominations for Shagird (1967), Diwana (1967) and Sagina (1974). She went onto be part of many successful films such as: Bluffmaster (1963), Ayee Milan Ki Bela (1964), Padosan (1968), Victoria No. 203 (1972), Hera Pheri (1976) and Gopi (1970). Her final film before retirement was Faisla (1988).
She married actor Dilip Kumar in 1966. The couple did not have any children. Banu also worked as a producer for the Bhojpuri film Ab To Banja Sajanwa Hamaar (2006).
Saira Banu was born on 23 August 1944 in Mussoorie to actress Naseem Banu and producer Mian Ehsan-ul-Haq. She had one brother, Sultan Ahmed who was five years older than her. Banu's niece Shaheen Banu married actor Sumeet Saigal. Her grandniece Sayyeshaa, is also a film actress and is married to film actor Arya.
Banu was 16 years old in 1960 when she started work for her debut in Hindi films. She said in a programme that she had basic talent and little dancing experience. Her peers all were classically trained, which was why she was not put in the top league. Banu started taking Kathak and Bharata Natyam lessons, and trained herself professionally. Soon she became a dancer, and her films featured more of her dancing.
Banu made her acting debut opposite Shammi Kapoor in the 1961 film Junglee, for which she earned her first nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress. Junglee was written by Aghajani Kashmeri (aka Kashmiri and Agha Jani), who also coached her in Urdu dialogue delivery, given his background in Urdu literature and poetry from Lucknow. She created her image as a romantic heroine as she has acted in many romantic films.
She did another film opposite Shammi Kapoor, Bluff Master, directed by Manmohan Desai. Banu worked with other popular actors of the 1960s and established herself as a successful actress with Jhuk Gaya Aasman (1968) and Ayee Milan Ki Bela (1964) both opposite Rajendra Kumar, April Fool (1964) opposite Biswajit Chatterjee, Aao Pyaar Karen (1964), and Shagird (1967) both opposite Joy Mukherjee and Pyar Mohabbat opposite Dev Anand (1966).
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Saira Banu
Saira Banu (born 23 August 1944) is an Indian actress who mainly worked in Hindi films. Regarded as one of the finest actors of Hindi cinema, she was among the most popular actresses of the 1960s and early 1970s. Banu received four Filmfare Awards nominations throughout her career.
Banu made her acting debut with Junglee (1961), for which she received Filmfare Award for Best Actress nomination.
She received three more Best Actress nominations for Shagird (1967), Diwana (1967) and Sagina (1974). She went onto be part of many successful films such as: Bluffmaster (1963), Ayee Milan Ki Bela (1964), Padosan (1968), Victoria No. 203 (1972), Hera Pheri (1976) and Gopi (1970). Her final film before retirement was Faisla (1988).
She married actor Dilip Kumar in 1966. The couple did not have any children. Banu also worked as a producer for the Bhojpuri film Ab To Banja Sajanwa Hamaar (2006).
Saira Banu was born on 23 August 1944 in Mussoorie to actress Naseem Banu and producer Mian Ehsan-ul-Haq. She had one brother, Sultan Ahmed who was five years older than her. Banu's niece Shaheen Banu married actor Sumeet Saigal. Her grandniece Sayyeshaa, is also a film actress and is married to film actor Arya.
Banu was 16 years old in 1960 when she started work for her debut in Hindi films. She said in a programme that she had basic talent and little dancing experience. Her peers all were classically trained, which was why she was not put in the top league. Banu started taking Kathak and Bharata Natyam lessons, and trained herself professionally. Soon she became a dancer, and her films featured more of her dancing.
Banu made her acting debut opposite Shammi Kapoor in the 1961 film Junglee, for which she earned her first nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress. Junglee was written by Aghajani Kashmeri (aka Kashmiri and Agha Jani), who also coached her in Urdu dialogue delivery, given his background in Urdu literature and poetry from Lucknow. She created her image as a romantic heroine as she has acted in many romantic films.
She did another film opposite Shammi Kapoor, Bluff Master, directed by Manmohan Desai. Banu worked with other popular actors of the 1960s and established herself as a successful actress with Jhuk Gaya Aasman (1968) and Ayee Milan Ki Bela (1964) both opposite Rajendra Kumar, April Fool (1964) opposite Biswajit Chatterjee, Aao Pyaar Karen (1964), and Shagird (1967) both opposite Joy Mukherjee and Pyar Mohabbat opposite Dev Anand (1966).
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