AR Rahman's rare remark about Saira Banu resurfaces amid divorce

Oscar winning music composer AR Rahman’s old video have surfaced on the internet amid divorce with estranged wife Saira Banu.

In a throwback interview, the Jai Ho artist opened up about Saira and also shared his first impression about her.

Rahman told Rahmaniac.com that he met his ex-wife on 28th birthday and thought she was beautiful and gentle.

“She was beautiful and gentle. We met for the first time on 6 January 1995, on my twenty-eighth birthday. It was a brief meeting.”

“After that we mostly chatted on the phone. Saira speaks Kutchi and English and I asked her in English if she wanted to marry me. Saira was very quiet in those days. Now she’s anything but quiet”, added the Luka Chuppi singer.

He further recalled his wedding day in a statement, saying: “Saira and I were married in Chennai on 12 March 1995, in the same building where I opened the AM Studios in 2006. I had a fixed smile on my face on my wedding day and at the end of those three hours, I remember every muscle in my face ached."

Saira and Rahman tied the knot on March 12, 1995. After 29 years of togetherness, the couple has officially parted ways.