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The actress shared some stills from their movies together and she wrote, “The Kapoors and my family go way back in time through the bonds of fate and the shared love for cinema, forming a connection that went beyond mere acquaintanceship. It started with the childhood bond that Dilip Sahib and Raj Ji shared, and my beloved mother, Appaji, who had worked with Prithviraj Kapoor in the past. I can still vividly recall when I was to debut in the Film Industry, Yashji wanted to cast me and Shashi Ji in “Dharmaputra”. At that point in time, as luck would have it, Appaji went ahead with “Junglee,” where I worked with Shammi Ji instead of Shashi Ji.”
Saira further recalled that they would often work in the same studios and would run to each other and have lunch together. Another film where they couldn’t work together was ‘Shagird’. “When the casting of “Shagird” was to be done, Subodh Uncle suggested that Shashi Ji and I must work in this film instead of Joy Mukherjee, and but unfortunately as luck would have it, Shashi ji’s role was taken up by Joy Mukherjee again,” said Banu.
Shashi Kapoor was childlike though, and that’s evident in the way Banu described his love for Shrewsbury Biscuits. The actress expressed, “When I was shooting for Purab Aur Paschim, our shoot was set up in Poona, at Raj ji’s huge farm. As soon as Shashi ji knew about this he immediately came to me and said “Saira, please get me Shrewsbury Biscuits from there”, and I always reciprocated his request with large packets of Shrewsbury biscuits no matter how busy I was with shooting. There are a few things you never forget about people, especially when you make them happy with the smallest of gestures, and for Shashi ji, it was a packet of Shrewsbury Biscuit.”
While talking more about their fun banter, Banu concluded the note by saying, “Happy Birthday, dear friend! With love and fond memories.”