Picture was shared on Instagram. (Courtesy: Sairabanu)
Veteran actress Saira Banu‘s Instagram timeline is nothing lower than a treasure trove of priceless reminiscences. On the 84th start anniversary of late actor Feroz Khan, Saira Banu walked down reminiscence lane and reminisced her expertise of working with the “dashingly good-looking” star within the 1969 movie Aadmi Aur Insaan. Saira Banu has shared two scenes from the Yash Chopra movie, that includes herself and Feroz Khan. The veteran actress in a prolonged caption revealed that Aadmi Aur Insaan was her fourth collaboration with legendary filmmaker Yash Chopra. Saira Banu wrote, “Years later, Yash [Chopra] ji behested me to do “Aadmi Aur Insaan” a love triangle that includes Dharm ji [Dharmendra], Feroz [Khan], and myself.”
Calling Feroz Khan “well-mannered and soft-spoken”, Saira Banu revealed that this was the primary time she was sharing the display area with the actor in her total profession. She added that on the primary day of Aadmi Aur Insaan, your entire forged was taking pictures for the “glamorous music” Zindagi Ittefaq Hai by Asha Bhosle. Saira Banu wrote, “That is the primary time I labored with Feroz, the trade’s model icon, dashingly good-looking and well-known for his refined appears. He was well-mannered and soft-spoken. The primary shoot of “Aadmi Aur Insaan” featured an ensemble of us all in a glamorous music quantity, the place Mumtaz is singing “Zindagi Ittefaq Hai” seductively twirling across the heroes and me.”
Remembering the day, Saira Banu stated that the ambiance on the set was “happy-go-lucky”. Mumtaz and Feroz Khan have been “needling one another with witticisms and humour”. Saira Banu stated, “It was enjoyable to observe the happy-go-lucky ambiance of the set the place previous pals, Feroz and Mumtaz stored needling one another with witticisms and humour. Dharamji and I’d roll with laughter at this recreation of one-upmanship between the 2.”
“At any time when we met at capabilities or studios at taking pictures, Feroz would admire Appaji’s (Naseem Banu ji) magnificence and reward the attractive attire and jewelry she designed for me, notably the feathery pink outfit for the ice-skiing scene to which he exclaimed. “That is too stunning, God! That is Cute”,” Saira Banu added.
She continued, “Many movies have been lined up for Feroz [Khan] and me, however we may solely do 2 movies collectively. Later, “Kaala Sona” was provided to us however I fell unwell out of the blue and needed to forgo this.”
She added, “When Feroz [Khan] turned a producer and director, he visited me and my mom as he needed me to be the lead in “Apradh”, and do a westernised function in his formidable undertaking however I used to be already doing the same function in Manoj [Kumar] ji’s “Purab Aur Paschim” that was particularly written for me by Manoj [Kumar] ji and he had stated if I did not do it he would scrap the script.” She concluded by saying, “Feroz and I shared comparable house atmospheres. I bear in mind a gathering, the place his employees members have been shuffling cash on the desk and Appaji had harkened them to clean the cash earlier than spilling them on the desk as a result of cash go in all places and are dicey. Out of the blue, Feroz stated, ‘My God! Appaji you’re doing precisely what my mom does. She can also be finicky about little issues, particularly cleansing cash earlier than they’re dealt with in the home by anybody!’”
Feroz Khan handed away on the age of 69 on April 27, 2009, after a battle with most cancers.