Aamir Khan And Salman Khan Visit Us Frequently: Saira Banu

One of the first superstars of Bollywood, Dilip Kumar and his family are going through a tough time these days. The 94-year-old actor was recently admitted to Mumbai’s Lilavati Hospital due to a kidney ailment last month. Many actors went to meet him once he came out of the hospital, and Shah Rukh Khan was one of them.

Dilip Kumar’s wife and former actor Saira Banu posted his pictures with Shah Rukh Khan on the social media. The actor had come to visit Kumar with daughter Suhana. Now, she has talked to Mumbai Mirror about Khan’s visit. Sharing a moment from the visit, she said in the interview, “I even saw him (SRK) chanting a dua under his breath and blowing it on saab’s face.”

However, she said that Aamir Khan is more accessible than Dilip Kumar’s ‘muh bola beta’ Shah Rukh Khan. “He goes out of his way to comply with such requests and is constantly in touch. So is family friend Salim Khan and his son Salman. They often drop by, on festivals and occasions like saab’s birthday,” said Saira Banu.

She added, “Shah Rukh was the one who was difficult to reach over the last two-three years. When I pointed this out to him, he admitted that he has been out of the country on shoots a lot but promised to be more connected now. Saab’s taught me that it’s important to be accessible to senior actors when they are old and ailing.”

It’s not a secret that Shah Rukh Khan took inspiration from Dilip Kumar for many of his roles including Devdas. talking about how Kumar and SRK are similar, she said, “I have always said that if we had a son, he might have looked like Shah Rukh. Both he and saab are a lot alike and have similar hair, which is why I like to run my fingers through Shah Rukh’s when we meet. This time he asked me, ‘Aaj aap mere baalon ko haath nahin laga rahi hain?’ I was happy to,” she said in the interview.