Helen

Helen Richardson (born October 21, 1939) was a Bollywood dancer and actress best known for playing vamps and vixens in Bollywood movies of the 1960s and 70s. She was famous for her performances in flamboyant dance sequences and cabaret numbers. The Bollywood playback singer Asha Bhosle frequently sang for Helen. Image File history File links Picture of bollywood actress Helen File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Picture of bollywood actress Helen File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... October 21 is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 71 days remaining. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Movie poster for one of Bollywoods most popular films—Sholay (1975) Bollywood (Hindi: बॉलीवुड, Urdu: بالیوڈ) is the informal name given to the popular Mumbai-based Hindi language film industry in India. ... Vamp is a colloquial term applied to describe a particular type of femme fatale, popular in silent films. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... Asha Bhosle [1] (born September 8, 1933) is an Indian singer. ...

Career

Helen was born on October 21, 1939 in Burma. Her mother's name was Marlene Richardson. She is of Anglo-Burmese extraction, which makes her a rarity in the Bollywood film world. There are many Anglo-Indians there, but only one Anglo-Burmese: Helen. Helen's mother, Helen, and Helen's brothers Roger and Patrick fled to India during World War II. Helen's mother worked as a nurse. In 1947 her mother gave birth to Helen's sister Jennifer. Because her mother's income as a nurse was very limited, Helen quit school to work in films. She had been studying classical Indian Kathak dancing and felt that she had a talent for dance. October 21 is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 71 days remaining. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Anglo-Burmese, also known as the Anglo-Burmans, are a community of Eurasians of Burmese and European descent, and emerged as a distinct community through mixed relations (sometimes permanent, sometimes temporary) between the British and other European settlers, and the local Burmese ethnic groups from 1826 until 1948 when... Combatants Allied Powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Axis Powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000,000 Total dead... Stamp issued in honour of Kathak Kathak is one of the classical dance forms of India (originally from North India), and the national dance of Pakistan. ...

A family friend, an actress known as Cukoo, helped her find jobs as a chorus dancer in the films Shabistan and Awaara (1951). Helen was soon working regularly, and was featured as a solo dancer in films like Alif Laila (1952) and Hoor-e-Arab (1953). Cukoo (also Cuckoo[1], died 1981[2]) was an Anglo-Indian dancer and actress in Indian cinema. ... Awaara (The Tramp/Vagabond in English) ia a 1951 film directed and produced by Raj Kapoor. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ...

In 1958, she had her first major hit with her performance in the song Mera Naam Chin Chin Chu in O.P. Nayyar's hit film, Howrah Bridge. She was in great demand after this, performing as a cabaret dancer and vamp in film after film. She was known as the Cabaret Queen. She never succeeded as a heroine, but vamp roles and "item numbers" kept her busy through the 1960s. Her luck took a turn for the worse in the 1970s. Younger actresses were taking the vamp roles. Also, changing rules for Bollywood heroines made it possible for sexy young things in go-go boots to do the cabaret numbers and play the heroine. Helen fell into financial difficulties. O. P. Nayyar was an Indian music director known for his peppy numbers. ...

Writer Salim Khan came to her rescue. He helped her get good roles in some of the movies he was co-scripting with Javed Akhtar: Imaam Dharam, Don, and Dostana. This led to a demanding role in Mahesh Bhatt's film Lahu Ke Do Rang (1979), for which she won a Filmfare Best Supporting Actress award. Soon afterwards, she married Salim Khan, as his second wife. The arrangement was said to have been tense at first, but Salim's children by his first wife are now said to be on good terms with their stepmother. Salim Khan is an Indian actor and scriptwriter. ... Javed Akhtar (January 17, 1945) is an Urdu poet, lyricist and scriptwriter from India. ... Mahesh Bhatt is an Indian film director, and is the father of film actress Pooja Bhatt. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... Salim Khan is an Indian actor and scriptwriter. ...

Helen retired from the screen for a number of years, but made a few "guest star" appearances in 1999 and 2000. In Mohabbatein, she plays the prim and proper head of a girls' school, who is pulled out onto a dance floor and surprises everyone with her lively dancing.

Helen's only living blood relatives are her sister Jennifer who lives in Delhi, her niece Nina who is in Houston, Texas, and nephew Nikhil who now lives in the UK. This article is about the metropolis of Delhi. ... Houston redirects here. ... Official language(s) See: Languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Area  Ranked 2nd  - Total 268,581 sq mi (695,622 km²)  - Width 773 miles (1,244 km)  - Length 790 miles (1,270 km)  - % water 2. ...

Selected filmography

• Mohabbatein (2000)
• Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999)
• Khamoshi: The Musical (1996)
• Ram Balram (1980)
• The Great Gambler (1979)
• Lahu Ke Do Rang (1979)
• Don (1978)
• Amar Akbar Anthony (1977)
• Khoon Pasina (1977)
• Imaan Dharam (1977)
• Bairaag (1976)
• Sholay (1975)
• Madhosh (1974)
• Anamika (1973)
• Caravan (1971)
• Bombay Talkie (1970)
• The Train (1970)
• Pagla Kahin Ka (1970)
• Jaal (1967)
• Teesri Manzil (1966)
• Gumnaam (1965)
• Woh Kaun Thi (1964)
• Cha Cha Cha (1964)
• Aaya Toofan (1964)
• China Town (1962)
• Hum Hindustani (1960)

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Trivia

• Helen is the stepmother of Bollywood actor Salman Khan.
• Helen seemed to show a lot of skin in her cabaret routines.
• The 1999 documentary film, Desperately Seeking Helen by Eisha Marjara is an autobiographical tale of an immigrant experience in Canada. "Helen" is a reference to the dancer Helen and by extension, India's dream factory, Bollywood.

Salman Khan (born Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan on December 27, 1965) Hindi: सलमान ख़ान, Urdu: سلمان خان, pronunciation: /səlmɑːn xɑːn/ is an Indian Film actor. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

Quotes

• I could never walk on the streets. I had to wear a veil. They used to go berserk when they saw me.

Reference

• Jerry Pinto -- Helen; The Life and Times of an H Bomb, Penguin India, 2006

External links

• Rediff magazine profile of Helen
• Helen at the Internet Movie Database