On the auspicious occasion of Janmashtami, Saira Banu shared an anecdote from the sets of her film Shagird. Released in 1967, Shagird also starred Nazir Hussain. The film had a Janmashtami song, Kanha, which according to the veteran actress was “miraculously” shot on the very day of the festival. The video posted by Saira Banu features praying to Lord Krishna. The track was sung by the legendary Lata Mangeshkar. In the long caption, Saira Banu shared a BTS conversation she had with her co-star, Nazir Hussain. Of course, it had a Dilip Kumar connection. Saira Banu mentioned that during the shooting of Shagird, Nazir Hussain was also working with Dilip Kumar in Ram Aur Shyam. The veteran star wrote, “The picturisation of ‘Kanha‘ the Janmashtami song in the film Shagird was coincidentally and miraculously on the very day of the festival! We were shooting at “Filmistan Studios” with Nazir Hussain Sahab, an outstandingly famous character actor and a father figure to me who was also shooting at the same time in Madras (Chennai) with Dilip Sahab in Ram Aur Shyam. We had date problems and Nazir Sahab would shoot with me late in the night and fly in the morning to shoot with Dilip Sahab in Ram Aur Shyam. Nazir Sahab treated me like his own kid and vibed very easily on the sets with me.”
Saira Banu also recalled how she asked for a favour from Nazir Hussain, and the stalwart fulfilled his promise. She continued, “As I sang the Bhajan on Janmashtami night in front of a beautiful idol of Lord Krishna with Lataji’s melodious enthralling voice in the playback, I turned to Nazir Sahab and with a mischievous smile on my face asked him for a favour! ‘You are working with Dilip Sahab, Oh! …read more
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