Dilip-Saira return after performing Umrah, want to do Haj together
Monday January 14, 2013 07:32:41 PM,
IANS
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Thespian Dilip Kumar heads for Umrah
eteran actor Dilip Kumar, who turned 90 last month, will head to Saudi Arabia
Wednesday evening to perform Umrah with wife Saira Banu. The
couple will
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Mumbai:
Saira Banu is extremely joyous after performing Umrah in Saudi
Arabia with her husband and Bollywood thespian Dilip Kumar and
says now she wishes they get an opportunity to go for Haj
together.
"It had been a wonderful experience. We had always wished to go to
Umrah and by god's grace we did that," Saira Banu, 68, who
returned Monday, told reporters at the airport .
"And now my only wish is me and Yusuf sahib (Dilip Kumar) should
go for Haj. I pray to god that we get an opportunity to go to Haj,"
she added.
Umrah is a pilgrimage to Makkah, Saudi Arabia, and it can be done
any time of the year. However, for Haj people travel to the same
place, but only during Eid-ul-azha.
One of the finest actors of Hindi filmdom, Dilip Kumar, who turned
90 in Dec 11 last year, "is also very happy after going to Umrah.
We are extremely happy now. It's a very peaceful experience in my
life," said Saira.
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