Saira Banu Opens Up About Separating From AR Rahman, Urges Media to Respect His Name

Saira Banu Opens Up About Separating From AR Rahman: Saira Banu, who announced a recent separation from her husband-music composer AR Rahman, has been under the weather physically for two months as thus she wanted to take a break from AR. Saira Banu added that people should not defame her husband in a voice note. Saira Banu, in that very note, also referred to her estranged husband as "a gem of a person, the best man in the world".

In the audio clip, she said, "This is Saira Rahman here. I'm currently in Bombay. I've been physically unwell for the last couple of months. So that's the reason I just wanted to take a break from AR, but I would request the entire YouTube YouTubers, the Tamil Media, please please do not say anything bad against him. He's a gem of a person, the best man in the world."

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She also added, "Yes, it's it's just because of, my health issues I had to leave Chennai because I knew if I'm not in Chennai, you people will wonder where Sarah is. And I've come here to Bombay. I'm going ahead with my treatment, and this wouldn't have been possible with AR's busy schedule in Chennai, and I didn't want to disturb anybody, neither my children nor him."

"But he's an amazing human being. And all I would request is please just let him be the way he is. He is not linked with, I trust him with my life. That's how much I love him, and that's how much he does. So I kindly request you to stop all the false allegations against him, and God bless. And my sincere prayers that we are left alone and given space at this moment, not announced officially anything yet," further said Saira.

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"I'll be coming back to Chennai soon, but I have to complete my treatment and then come. Okay? So, I request you to kindly stop tarnishing his name, which is absolutely rubbish. And, like I said, he's a gem of a person. Thank you," concluded her voice note.

The estranged couple, AR Rahman and Saira, announced their parting ways recently after being married for almost thirty years. This news was made public through a joint statement issued by Saira's lawyer, namely Vandana Shah.

It was also done by the composer himself on his account in X on Wednesday, wherein he stated that they had planned for "grand thirty" but then life had other plans. The couple was married in 1995 and blessed with three children, two daughters Khatija, Raheema, and a son Ameen.

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