Dilip Kumar Second Marriage: Be it the film career or personal life of Bollywood’s legend actor Dilip Kumar, both were a part of the limelight. His wife and veteran actress Saira Banu also keeps telling stories related to him. Very few people know about Dilip Kumar, who loved Saira Banu very much, that he had secretly got married for the second time.
The love story of Dilip Kumar and Saira Banu was one of the famous love stories of their time. Saira Banu used to give up her life for the actor and even today she is seen expressing her love through posts on her Instagram. Dilip Kumar also loved her very much, but still he got married for the second time. However this marriage did not last long.
Love story of Dilip Kumar and Saira Banu
Saira Banu and Dilip Kumar got married in the year 1966. Saira was then 22 years old and Dilip was twice her age i.e. 44 years. According to Filmibeat, Saira Banu had a miscarriage in 1972 after 6 years of marriage. After which both of them decided not to think about the child again.
Dilip Kumar’s second marriage and then divorce
It was the year 1981 when Dilip Kumar met Asma Rehman of Hyderabad. Dilip’s sisters Fauzia and Saeeda introduced the actor to Asma during a cricket match. In the same year, Dilip married Asma Rehman. But this marriage lasted only for two years and after that both of them got divorced. It is claimed in many media reports that Asma was not faithful to Dilip Kumar due to which they got divorced.
Dilip Kumar called second marriage a big mistake
In his biography, Dilip Kumar had described his second marriage as a ‘serious mistake’. He had written – ‘Well, one incident of my life which I would like to forget and which we, Saira and I, have been pushed into oblivion forever, is a serious mistake that I made while getting involved with a woman named Asma Rehman. Under pressure, whom I met during a cricket match in Hyderabad.
