Saira Banu

Saira Banu
Saira Banu, c. 2023
Born (1944-08-23) 23 August 1944 (age 80)
Mussoorie, United Provinces, British India
(present-day Uttarakhand, India)
OccupationActress
Years active1961–1984
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Saira Banu (born 23 August 1944) is an Indian actress who mainly worked in Hindi films. Regarded amongst the finest actors of Indian cinema,[1] she was among the most popular actresses of the 1960s and early 1970s. Banu received four Filmfare Awards nominations throughout her career.[2][3]

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). Banu went onto be part of many successful films including - Bluff Master (1963), Ayee Milan Ki Bela (1964), Jhuk Gaya Aasman (1968), Padosan (1968), Victoria No. 203 (1972), Hera Pheri (1976) and Bairaag (1976). Her final film before retirement was Faisla (1988).

Banu 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).

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference SairaTop was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Kumar, Dilip (28 July 2014). Dilip Kumar: The Substance and the Shadow. Hay House, Inc. ISBN 978-93-81398-96-8.
  3. ^ "Nostalgia: Saira Banu". 29 August 2017. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2019.