Image 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 delivery anniversary of late actor Feroz Khan, Saira Banu walked down reminiscence lane and reminisced her expertise of working with the “dashingly handsome” 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 screen house with the actor in her complete profession. She added that on the primary day of Aadmi Aur Insaan, all the forged was capturing for the “glamorous song” Zindagi Ittefaq Hai by Asha Bhosle. Saira Banu wrote, “This is the first time I worked with Feroz, the industry’s style icon, dashingly handsome and famous for his sophisticated looks. He was well-mannered and soft-spoken. The first shoot of “Aadmi Aur Insaan” featured an ensemble of us all in a glamorous tune 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 each other with witticisms and humour”. Saira Banu stated, “It was fun to watch the happy-go-lucky atmosphere of the set where old friends, Feroz and Mumtaz kept needling each other with witticisms and humour. Dharamji and I would roll with laughter at this game of one-upmanship between the two.”

“Whenever we met at functions or studios at shooting, Feroz would admire Appaji’s (Naseem Banu ji) beauty and praise the beautiful apparel and jewellery she designed for me, particularly the feathery pink outfit for the ice-skiing scene to which he exclaimed. “This is too beautiful, God! This is Cute”,” Saira Banu added. 

She continued, “Many films were lined up for Feroz [Khan] and me, but we could only do 2 films together. Later, “Kaala Sona” was supplied to us however I fell unwell immediately and needed to forgo this.”

She added, “When Feroz [Khan] became a producer and director, he visited me and my mother as he wanted me to be the lead in “Apradh”, and do a westernised position in his formidable challenge however I used to be already doing the same position 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 similar home atmospheres. I remember a meeting, where his staff members were shuffling coins on the table and Appaji had harkened them to wash the coins before spilling them on the table because coins go everywhere and are dicey. Suddenly, Feroz said, ‘My God! Appaji you are doing exactly what my mother does. She is also finicky about little things, especially cleaning coins before they are handled in the house by anyone!’”

Feroz Khan handed away on the age of 69 on April 27, 2009, after a battle with most cancers.