“My grandmother Shahmshad Begum was an accomplished classical singer. A...” — Saira Banu Quote

My grandmother Shahmshad Begum was an accomplished classical singer. And I'd often urge her to teach me. She would demand that I sit and practice singing with her, which I never did. But I finally did sing in Mohan Kumar Saab's 'Aman.'

As my grandmother Shamshad Begum was a noted classical singer, who had settled down in London, we used to receive several people from the music, film and literature fraternity at home. People like Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Mehboob Khan, Khwaja Ahmed Abbas, K. Asif etc., used to visit us regularly.

We don't want any starry trappings that would make us obsessed with ourself and our image.

I always wanted to sing but was too shy to do so.

If the urge to write should ever leave me, I want that day to be my last.

I urge people to make your workout fun.

Holi is here and I urge everyone to experience 'Rang De' with their families.

I've never really had the urge to make an English album.

I think if you are young and you have children, you still have so much to prove. When you have children later in life, you lose a bit of that urge for working.