The women Dilip Kumar really loved

Veteran actor Dilip Kumar hasn't been in the pink of health for quite some time now. He was recently detected with bronchial pneumonia and is on medication, his wife Saira Banu revealed. She has also urged people to pray for his speedy recovery. When lauded for her patience in dealing with a spouse who has been unwell for so many years, the former actress immediately sprang saying that she is "blessed" to get the opportunity to look after him. She added that she considers herself very fortunate.
Saira also revealed that she always calls him "the Kohinoor of the film industry". She concluded by stating that she couldn’t have chosen a better life for herself.

Dilip Kumar apparently fell in love with renowned actress, Kamini Kaushal. It was on the sets of Shaheed that their love blossomed. They were planning to marry as well, but Kamini's brother was against the relationship. Since Kamini was already married to her late sister's husband to look after her child, it was difficult for her to move out. Rumour has it that Kamini’s brother had even threatened the actor to break off with his sister and move on.

Dilip Kumar was engaged to be married to Madhubala. However, it was rumoured that the two broke up due to Dilip's ego issues. Apparently, Madhubala wasn't being allowed to shoot at a particular location and the producer of the film had asked Dilip to convince her father. He tried to do so but failed and the actress refused to disobey her father. When it came to their marriage, Madhubala asked him to apologise to her father but Dilip refused to so and the two broke up. Madhubala was reportedly madly in love with Dilip Kumar and was apparently very sad when he got married to someone else.

After his break up with Madhubala, Dilip Kumar had stayed away from love and relationships for quite some time. But, he moved on after meeting Saira Banu. When the actor was introduced to Saira Banu, he apparently considered her to be “too young” to be paired opposite him in the movie. Saira had even confessed that she was in love with Dilip's on-screen image since the age of 12. Their fairytale romance culminated into a marriage. At the time of their wedding, Dilip Kumar was 44 and Saira Banu was 22.

However, reportedly, Dilip Kumar was also in a relationship with a Pakistani lady, Asma. Dilip saab apparently had divorced Saira Banu to get married to Asma. But their marriage didn’t last long and they ended up divorcing after two years. Apparently, Asma was caught cheating on Dilip saab, which he could not tolerate. He later remarried Saira Banu.

It was only after his divorce with Asma, that the actor apparently realised his mistake of moving out of his first marriage. He then reportedly went back to Saira Banu. Since then, Saira Banu quit acting and has been enjoying her role as a homemaker. And then, as they say, the two lived happily ever after.