Saira Banu recently took to Instagram to reminisce about the sweet and fun memories of shooting her 1976 film Hera Pheri with Vinod Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan. She shared two stills and a picture from the film and also revealed her favourite scene from the movie.
She began her heartfelt note by praising the film’s director, Prakash Mehra, for giving her and the other lead actors full creative freedom. She said, “It was a very happy and enjoyable time to have done “HERA PHERI”. @amitabhbachchan Amitabh Bachchan and Vinod Khanna played crafty tricksters in the movie and I played a cunning female swindler. Director Prakash Mehra let the Three of us have a free hand at all the outrageously funny scenes.”
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Speaking about her rapport with her co-stars, Saira mentioned, “I had already done a lot of work with Vinod in films such as “PURAB AUR PASCHIM”, “AAROP”, and “NEHLE PE DEHLA” and with Amitabh in “ZAMEER”. We had a wonderfully relaxed atmosphere and the Three of us would work at suggestions and improvisations to make the scenes riotously funny especially in the scenes where Vinod is constantly trying to tone down Amitabh from being overly romantic to the heroine.”
She went on to reveal her favourite scene from the film, saying, “My own favourite scene is where I am rattling off in Marathi and Vinod is trying to curb Amitabh’s zealous attempts to sit next to me. Please see and enjoy these scenes. #47YearsToHeraPheri.”
Hera Pheri was one of the six films in which Vinod Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan starred together. At the time, their pairing often contributed to the film’s success.
Saira Banu often takes to her Instagram account to share interesting anecdotes from her films. The veteran star was married to legendary actor Dilip Kumar, who breathed his last on July 7, 2021.
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