Saira Banu Says Yash Johar Helped Get Rare Medicines For Friends: 'He Was Like Santa Claus'

Ever since Saira Banu made her debut on Instagram, the veteran actress often takes to the social media platform to reveal anecdotes from her earlier life, especially from her career in films. On the anniversary of the film Duniya, veteran actress Saira Banu reminisced about her relationship with Karan Johar’s father, ace filmmaker late Yash Johar, whom she calls a ‘one in a million’ friend.

Taking to Instagram, she wrote, “To think of ‘DUNIYA’ release this day is to welcome a hundred beautiful memories. Years before I starred in this as ‘Special Guest Appearance’ when I had given up my acting work, which was my love, because I was not getting enough time to be at home to share the beautiful life I had embarked upon by being fortunate enough and blessed by God to have married Dilip Sahib the Emperor.”

Saira added, “This was a film under the illustrious ‘Dharma Productions’ headed by Yash Johar, father of Karan Johar, who was a celebrated producer of the film industry and an irreplaceable loving friend to Sahib and our entire family. I can never forget his largesse of heart when he went out of his way to help each and every one of his friends when they were in a quandary, especially with health problems.”

Saira then shared some incidents when Yash had helped her family acquire medication not available in India. She said, “To quote a few incidents, my mother Naseem Banuji suffered with Asthma and the specific medications desired that time would come from abroad, either London or America because those weren’t available in our country. He would be ‘Santa Claus’ just coming into our home and bringing in the desired medicines with a snap of a finger it would seem! Similarly, some oils and tablets were desired for Sahib and the same surprise would be repeated for the requirement.”

“Once we were travelling to America and can you believe it in the same flight Yashji was carrying a Blood Sample in his hands for a celebrated friend whom the world knows, to be processed for a particular test which could not be processed here at home in Bombay at that time. He was one in a million friend, compassionate and an extraordinarily caring human being,” she added.

Saira then wrote it was Dilip who convinced her to take up the special appearance role as his wife in the film Duniya. The veteran actress promised another anecdote from the film which she will share on Tuesday.