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As Dilip Kumar turns 98, his wife, actor Saira Banu, recently said she ‘got sort of used to’ other women vying for his attention. She shared an interesting anecdote from the day of their engagement.

With their inspiring love story, Dilip Kumar and Saira Banu have set the bar for relationships very high. The two have been happily married for decades now, with her looking after him through many spells of ill health. As Dilip Kumar turns 98, here is a titbit from his life, as revealed by Saira in a recent interview. She talked about his immense popularity with women and how many of them would stand in front of his car, wishing to be run over.

“Indeed, even the day we got ready for marriage, one young lady – not from the business – who was as far as anyone knows his better half and had been practically up to the raised area with him, took dozing pills. Dilip Saab needed to race to her and cause her to comprehend that he’s enamored with me. He placated her and returned to the commitment function. I got kind of used to such things. There were young ladies who might remain before his vehicle and wish that the vehicle would run over them,” she revealed to The Times of India.

Dilip isn’t commending his birthday this year, as he lost his siblings, Ahsan Khan and Aslam Khan, to Covid-19 recently. “We are as yet incapable to grapple with the death of our siblings, Ahsan Bhai and Aslam Bhai. Besides, Sahib designs nothing for his birthday. Indeed, he recollects the occasion just when he sees the roses sent by his companions and well-wishers, covering the drawing-room and the anteroom and the telephone continues ringing incessantly,” Saira revealed to Hindustan Times in a meeting.

She likewise reviewed his birthday festivities in prior years, when they would not exclusively be visited by loved ones yet in addition fans. “Previously, we saved an open house for our well-wishers and despite the fact that it was somewhat tiring, Sahib met everybody no matter what and guaranteed that everybody was taken care of flavorful food,” she said.

Dilip is viewed as perhaps the best entertainer in Indian film and was met with India’s second most elevated non-military personnel grant, the Padma Vibhushan, in 2015. He got the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, an Indian film’s most noteworthy honor, in 1994.