"She's been one of my favourite actors along with Dilip Kumar saab. She is the epitome of an Indian beauty, of simplicity... so genuine, soft and beautiful. If I had to woo her, perhaps I would recite a poem," he added.
Right then, the versatile star changed the mood of the gathering by reciting his famous couplet "Main aur meri tanhai aksar ye baatein kiya karte hain."
The gathering was floored.