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Film & TV
Mussoorie, India
Known for
- Raaj2011
- Fitting Master2009
- Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai — Herself2002
- Faisla — Radha1988
- Duniya — Mrs. Sumitra Kumar1984
- Kaala Aadmi1978
- Bairaag — Tara1976
- Nehle Pe Dehla1976
- Koi Jeeta Koi Haara1976
- Hera Pheri — Kiran Singh1976
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Key facts
- Pronunciation
- [ sɑːɪɾɑ bɑːnoː ]
- Born
- ( 1944-08-23 ) 23 August 1944 (age 81) , Mussoorie , India
- Occupations
- Actress, film producer
- Years active
- 1961–1984
- Spouse
- Dilip Kumar ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 11 October 1966</span>"}]]}'>1966 ; died 7 July 2021</span>"}]]}'>2021 )
- Parents
- Mian Ehsan-ul-Haq (father) Naseem Banu (mother)
- Relatives
- Chamiyan Bai (grandmother) , Khan–Banu family
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- India
- Place of birth
- Mussoorie
- Spouse
- Dilip Kumar
- Mother
- Naseem Banu
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- Hindi
- Religion
- Islam
- Image
- Saira Banu grace the Kresha Bajaj's store launch (7).jpg
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- relative
- Nasir Khan
- start of work period
- 1960-00-00
- Commons category
- Saira Banu
- date of birth
- 1944-08-23
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Encyclopedic overview
Saira Banu ( Hindustani pronunciation: [sɑːɪɾɑ bɑːnoː]; born 23 August 1944) is an Indian retired actress who mainly worked in Hindi films. Regarded as one of the finest actors of Hindi cinema, she was among the most popular actresses of the 1960s and early 1970s. Banu received four Filmfare Awards nominations throughout her career.
Banu made her acting debut with Junglee (1961), for which she received Filmfare Award for Best Actress nomination.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Saira Banu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.