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"Bollywood chooses to believe Dilip and Saira have the perfect marriage. They didn't and they don't know. He's grown to love her and he totally depends on her in his old age but was he ever IN LOVE with Saira? I don't think so. To this day, he has a giant picture of Madhubala in MEA hanging over the reception in his house. What does that tell you?
DK-Saira marriage is a sham. People romanticize it for the sake of it. They were a mismatch from the get go, the generation apart huge age difference should have stopped DK from marrying her. Sounds similar to Rajesh Khanna-Dimple doomed marriage. The younger ambitious actress awestruck by his status/position, blinded by his legendary fame wants a piece of it falls for his flattering attention and it wears off sooner than later. He wanted to be a father so he married a much younger actress. She must be fun company to have around initially with her youthful nakhras/jhatkas, it is hollow. He should have married Waheeda Rehman they belonged to the same era/genre, share mindsets/maturity levels, grown old together and aged gracefully too. DK is unlucky he never found a partner in the true sense. Madhubala died young she would have widowed him. DK-Saira marriage is heavily lopsided, more a father-daughter kinda bond where she became a crutch that he depends on and is handicapped without her around. The crush that becomes the crutch. That is not LOVE at all. Very unfortunate indeed. How does a man live happily with a woman who goes to the Press to divulge dirt on him or his family or threatens him? Saira could have found a compatible husband not a father to take care of. Both are stuck. DK is indeed a very good actor to keep the happy image alive. Maybe if he had kids with Asma or adopted an orphan he would be happier. I don't think kids make a happy marriage, the right partners do. I feel sorry for both. I wish they spend the rest of their years together in happiness."unquote