Shah Rukh Khan visited ailing legend Dilip Kumar at his Bandra (Mumbai) residence last week. Veteran actress and Kumar's wife Saira Banu informed that Shah Rukh had called earlier when Dilip saab was hospitalised, and apologised for not being present. “On Tuesday, he called to say that he wanted to see saab and since he's like family, I told him he was welcome to come by anytime. He came with his daughter Suhana who I had seen as a child and who has grown into a tall and beautiful young girl.”
Refraining from sharing details about the meeting, she only admitted that they did talk about films, 'Devdas' in particular. “Shah Rukh pointed out that in one particular scene in his 'Devdas', he looked very much like Dilip saab. We haven't seen his last three-four films because we have been going through some tough times these last few years. When I told him this, Shah Rukh told me to tell him when we wanted to see the films and he would organise a screening for us at his private theatre in his bungalow, Mannat,” Saira Banu said.
She added, “ I’ve never been there before but years ago, he had taken saab’s autograph on a life-size poster of Madhubala as Anarkali holding her Salim tightly after Badshah Akbar catches them romancing in the garden. I’m told that he has had that mounted in his screening theatre.” She also smiled over how the actor sat close to Kumar, hugged him gently, and kissed him on the forehead. I even saw him chanting a dua under his breath and blowing it on saab’s face. He was there for saab’s 89th birthday too and sat close to us, holding his hand and mine,” she said.
