Wedding saira naseem8/28/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Sure enough, at seven the next morning, on looking out of our windows we saw the extensive maidan in front of the building strewn with odd pairs of shoes, umbrellas, clothing and other items as though it had been a battlefield the earlier night! Saira's outdoor unit of 'Jhuk Gaya Aasmaan' simply had to pack up. Rawail were of the view that it would be impossible to go out and work in these conditions. Soon enough, there was a storm of 'knock knock' on all the doors on our floor! Lo and behold! How had the fans got past security and reached outside our suites? The hotel management was flustered and nervous and Naseem Aapa and film producer H. Somehow, we managed to drive away from the airport and were rushed inside the Grand Hotel (where we were to stay) through the kitchen entrance and up to our suites on an upper floor. Eventually, we somehow got to our car, which was surrounded by thousands of fans and, as a gesture of great love, the car was lifted up by them as we sat inside! We could hear just one voice chanting: 'Mubarak! Mubarak!' (Congratulations! Congratulations!) Also Read | Dilip Kumar: Down Memory Lane With The Thespian's Songs Heaven knows how, despite security barriers put up by the police, fans had accessed even the tarmac, not just the airport. As the doors of the aircraft were opened for the passengers to disembark, we had to beat a hasty retreat. ![]() Saira and Naseem Aapa were also headed for Calcutta to shoot outdoors for director Lekh Tandon's 'Jhuk Gaya Aasmaan'.Īt the Calcutta airport, there was a tumultuous sea of people such as we had never seen before in our lives - not even at premieres, functions and rallies that I was so familiar with. Rawail to Calcutta to do some scripting work and also to finalise a temple outdoor location there for the film 'Sunghursh' (eventually released in July 1968). Also Read | "Suhana Safar.": Dilip Kumar's Incomparable Acting, Inspiring LifeĪs for Saira, Naseem Aapa had told me, in her own dignified manner, that she was beside herself with joy, celebrating the granting of a long-cherished desire of being my wife.Īt that point of time, I was to finish the final schedules of 'Ram Aur Shyam' in Madras and then travel with producer-director H.S. Consequently, there literally was a storm in the minds of people, who were eager to see us together and have a glimpse of us together. My fans and also my friends, such as Satish Bhalla, Raj Kapoor, producer Ved Puri, Hiten Choudhary, Pran and Balraj Kohli, were agog with 'how did this happen'? Saira's career was just five years old we had never worked together and were never linked romantically. The news of our forthcoming marriage came as a surprise to all those who had thought I was an unrelenting, highly eligible bachelor who would never settle down. ![]()
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