Mumbai, Dec. 11 -- Veteran actor Saira Banu penned down an emotional note, pouring out her heart on the birth anniversary of the legendary Dilip Kumar.

Taking to her Instagram handle, Saira Banu wrote a long message and reflected on "Yousub Saab" and his glorious life.

"Every year, when this day returns, it brings with it a gentle stirring in my heart... a mourn of all the seasons I have watched you live, not merely as an artist for the world, but as the finest human being I have ever known," she wrote.

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Saira Banu spoke about witnessing a different side of Dilip Kumar and added, "The way you prepared for every role by breathing in its time, its silence... how you dissolved into the soil of each...