Veteran
actors
Dilip
Kumar
and
Saira
Banu
will
not
be
celebrating
their
wedding
anniversary
this
year.
Dilip
Kumar's
official
Twitter
handle
shared
a
message
from
Saira,
which
said
that
the
couple
will
be
foregoing
their
anniversary
celebrations
this
year
as
they
lost
two
of
their
brothers
to
the
pandemic.
She
also
requested
their
well-wishers
to
pray
for
everyone's
well
being
in
these
challenging
times,
and
wished
everyone
to
stay
safe.
"Message
from
Saira
Banu
Khan:
Oct.
11,
is
always
the
most
beautiful
day
in
my
life.
Dilip
Saheb
married
me
on
this
day
and
made
my
cherished
dreams
come
true.
This
year,
we
are
not
celebrating.
You
all
know
we
lost
two
of
our
brothers,
Ahsan
Bhai
and
Aslam
Bhai
..,"
read
Dilip
Kumar's
tweet.
A
few
weeks
back,
Ahsan
and
Aslam
Khan,
two
of
Dilip's
brothers
tested
positive
for
COVID-19
and
passed
away
at
a
hospital
in
Mumbai.
After
their
demise,
Saira
revealed
that
her
husband
had
not
been
informed
of
his
brothers'
passing.
In
another
tweet,
the
message
continued,
"The
unprecedented
turmoil
due
to
the
Covid-19
pandemic
has
taken
many
lives
and
caused
sorrow
in
many
many
families.
In
the
current
circumstances,
we
request
all
of
you,
our
dear
friends,
to
pray
for
each
other's
safety
and
well
being.
May
God
be
with
us
all.
Stay
Safe.."
Recently,
the
Pakistan
government
announced
that
it
will
be
restoring
Dilip's
ancestral
home
at
the
Qissa
Khwani
Bazaar
in
Peshawar.
Both
Dilip
and
Saira
expressed
their
gratitude
and
happiness
over
this
move
by
neighbouring
country.