Dharmendra reveals Saira Banu's heartbreaking words to him after Dilip Kumar's death: 'Jaan nikal gayi meri'

Dharmendra tweeted about feeling heartbroken at what Saira Banu told him after Dilip Kumar's death.

Saira Banu, who lost her husband, actor Dilip Kumar, on Wednesday morning, was heartbroken as his friends and family paid their last respects to the late actor. Dharmendra, who was also present, has now revealed what Saira Banu told him.

Dharmendra shares how Saira Banu reacted when he paid his last respects to Dilip Kumar.

Dharmendra shared a picture of himself with Dilip Kumar's body and wrote in a tweet, "Saira ne jab kaha. 'Dharam , dekho Sahab ne palak jhapki hai' Dosto , jaan nikal gai meri. Maalik mere pyaare bhai ko jannat naseeb kare. Dosto , mujhe dikhwa nahin aata lekin main apne jazbaat par qaaboo bhi nahin paata . Apne samajh ke kah jaata hoon (When Saira Banu told me, 'Look Dharam, sahab has closed his eyes', I felt heartbroken my friends! I do not know how to show off, but I cannot control my emotions. I just say what I feel like, treating everyone as my own)."

Dilip Kumar died on Wednesday morning in a Mumbai hospital and was buried with state honours by evening. Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra, Shah Rukh Khan, Ranbir Kapoor and many other stars paid their final respects to Dilip Kumar.

Born Mohammed Yusuf Khan in 1922 in Peshawar, now in Pakistan, he changed his name to Dilip Kumar at actor Devika Rani's suggestion. It was Devika Rani's studio, Bombay Talkies, that produced Dilip Kumar's first film, Jwar Bhata.