On the occasion of the
birth anniversary
of the legendary actor Pran,
Saira Banu
, a veteran actress, expressed her heartfelt tribute on social media. She illuminated the beautiful friendship that existed between
Pran Sahab
and the iconic
Dilip Sahib
.
In her poignant post, Saira Banu reflected on the extraordinary bond shared between Pran and Dilip Kumar—a friendship that endured the passage of time and contributed to the Indian film industry with its genuine warmth and authenticity. She put up a warm wish saying, “Happy Birthday Pran Sahab! Pran Sahab and Sahib remained close until the very end.”
She further added “Dilip Sahib always spoke very highly of Pran Sahab and to which he stated that "RAM AUR SHYAM WAS COMPLETED AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. Its work was a jolly experience for all of us. I was working with my friend Pran in
Ram Aur Shyam
and Aadmi at the same time. Pran and I were friends in the real sense of the term. We met at the workplace and we met informally as often as we could either at his house or mine since we lived in the same locality: Bandra”.
“At work, we were invariably pitted against each other - our characters were always caught in a conflict over something or the other. It used to be very amusing for onlookers to watch the change that would come over him when he faced the camera with me in the frame after all the friendliness and affection they had seen a while ago between us”.
“Once again he and I (in Ram Aur Shyam) were pitted against each other.”
“The highlight and most appreciated scenes in RAM AUR SHYAM were the merciless whipping of helpless RAM by his villainous brother In law in Gajendra in the early part of the film and later when SHYAM assumes the persona of RAM and returns the ordeal of the whipping multifold, the audience just loved it and lapped it up...👏👏👏”
We had enjoyed being together during the shooting of
Bimal Roy
's Madhumati in the forest location where almost everybody else spoke in Bengali while we conversed heartily in Punjabi. He loved the evenings we spent sitting around a bonfire reciting exquisite poetry. We had some wonderful times in Madras when we were shooting for Ram Aur Shyam and Aadmi. We had just completed Dil Diya Dard Liya and the joke on the sets in Madras was "Pran aap ka peecha hi nahin chodta". It was fine with me and fine with him because we liked each other's company and respected each other as artists."
“Sahib's friendship with Pran Sahab goes way back in time, Tomorrow, I'll add some interesting anecdotes about the twosome”.
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