The beautiful daughter of yester year pretty actress Naseem Banu stepped into the film industry with a super duper film with a super duper actor. She was someone who could look very Indian despite her western looks. Saira Bano had a way, which the audiences loved. Saira Banu became a star soon after her first film 'Junglee' with Shammi Kapoor became a runaway success. She was hailed as the new star material and there came many more plum offers on her way. She did everything patiently and selected good movies and continued with her winning formula. Some of her movies are 'Shagird', 'April Fool', 'Aman', 'Bluff Master', 'Shaadi', 'Aayee Milan Ki Bela' and 'Jhuk Gaya Aasman'. Most of her co-stars were big time heroes like Joy Mukerji, Biswajeet, Dharmendra and Rajendra Kumar. She also worked with her husband Dilip Kumar in films like 'Bairaag' and 'Sagina'. Manoj Kumar in his film 'Purab Paschim' cast in her in a different way and her effort was appreciated by the audiences. She was someone whom the actresses nowadays never fail to copy.