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"Oh sweetheart..
..oh sweetheart."
She started out as a side dancer but gradually she..
..became the film industry's most modern dancer.
We are talking about Helen Jairag Richardson.
Helen was born on 21st November, 1939 in Burma.
Her father was Anglo- Indian and mother Burmese.
She had a brother named Roger..
..and a sister named Jennifer.
"If you want to live in this world listen to me, leave your..
..sorrows behind and enjoy..
..and follow whatever says Keli."
"Leave your sorrows behind and enjoy..
..and follow whatever says Keli."
We are talking about the time when..
..second world war was going on.
During the war Helen's father passed away.
And the entire family had to come to Mumbai from Burma.
This journey was very difficult for them.
In 1943, the Japanese army had captured Burma.
This is the time when Helen had to..
.. leave her education behind.
And after that Helen and her family had to make a long..
..journey on foot and somehow they reached a safe place.
This is the time when Helen..
..could not continue with her education.
The family was suffering a lot and..
..her mother was working as a nurse.
This family of four was living in a small room at Mumbai.
Little Helen did not know that in the coming time,..
..these troubles were going to disappear.
And Helen's name will shine in golden letters.
'Left to go somewhere, where have I reached I don't know..
..where have I reached I don't know."
'Left to go somewhere, where have I reached I don't know..
..where have I reached I don't know."
But where fate closes many doors,..
.. it opens up a unique one.
Something like that happened in Helen's life too.
She had a family friend, an..
..actress and dancer in the film industry, named Cuckoo.
During that time, Cuckoo had a good name in the industry..
..and with her help, Helen..
..started working in movies as a chorus dancer.
"My anklet makes sweet sounds,..
..my anklet makes sweet sounds"
"On the sweet sounds, my heart dances..
..on the sweet sounds, my heart dances."
"Oh, my anklet makes sweet sounds."
It was the start of the 50th decade and..
..Helen was seen as a chorus dancers in the...
..movies "Shabistan" and "Aawara".
Gradually, Helen started getting some more dances..
..in other movies too.
But her major break was in the year 1958 when..
..she worked in a movie named "Howrah Bridge"..
..directed by Shakti Samanta.
The movie had a song "Chin Chin Chu",..
.. which made Helen very famous.
The song, sang by Geeta Dutt, was on everyone's lips.
"My name is chin chin chu, chin chin chu, chin chin chu..
..the night, moonlight, me and you..
..hello mister how do you do?"
At the start of Helen's career,..
.. Geeta Dutt sang a lot of songs.
But at a later stage, Asha Bhosle became Helen's voice.
This was the time when only Asha Bhosle..
..used to sing many cabaret songs.
In the movie "Woh Kaun Thi" also,..
..a beautiful song was picturised on Helen.
Manoj Kumar was in it with her.
"After leaving your love's foothill,..
.. tell me where should I go?"
"I fear that in your arms, I fear that in your arms..
"I fear that in your arms, I fear that in your arms..
..I shouldn't die with happiness today."
Gradually, more than acting, Helen's name..
..became renowned for dancing.
And it was decided that if a movie had a cabaret song..
.. or any such song which required a modern girl, then..
.. it would be picturised on Helen only.
"You lock eyes today, you lock eyes today."
"You lock eyes today, you lock eyes today."
"Now give birth to sins, before..
..the evening goes away, goes away."
"Before the evening goes away, goes away."
Helen's image of a dancer broke when she was..
.. nominated as a best supporting actress..
.. for the movie "Gumnaam".
"Tea, madam?"- "What happened? I am here."
"If you stay inside, how will I talk to you?..
.. Come outside and see, I have got hot, hot for you. Tea."
"What happened?"
"Madam, how many spoons of sugar will you..
.. take with the tea? Two or three?"
"I don't want tea right now. I am going for swimming."
"Where?"- "Swimming."
"You want to cross the sea by swimming? "- "How silly!"
Gradually there came a moment in Helen's life where..
.. 'Swar samrajya', Lata Mangeshkar,..
.. who never used to sing cabaret songs, sang one.
The song, belonging to the movie "Inteqam",..
.. became superhit.
"Oh, sweetheart,
oh, sweetheart..
..oh, my beauty is young, young, young. For you..
.. I am waiting, stop being cruel and come here."
Helen became friends with Mister Salim..
.. who belonged to the famous writer pair, Javed-Salim.
Mister Salim helped her to acquire some great roles.
Helen was seen in movies like "Immaan Dharam",..
.. "Don", "Dostana" and "Sholay".
Along came the movie which rewarded..
.. her with the best supporting actress award.
This movie was "Lahu Ke Do Rang".
"The beauty spot on my forehead says why are..
.. you dancing, your lover has gone abroad."
Helen always believed that even though..
.. she exposed she always used to wear a body suit.
She always did her own make- up.
And was always punctual for rehearsals.
This is because the difficulties in her life..
..had taught her a lot.
"I have come to take you. "Why didn't he come himself?"
I would have seen,..
.. the pain he put me through 20 years back,..
.. he himself is going through it. Do you know,..
.. whether I am sleeping or awake, my eyes are always..
.. on that door."
"Mother, three months before reaching.. .. India only he..." "What?"- "Yes mother, one traiter..
.. became greedy for the prize and..
.. made a deal with the Britishers for his life."
When we look at Helen's personal life then we..
.. understand that she had relations with..
.. a movie director named P.N.Arora.
After separation from him, she got married to Salim Khan.
"If beauty becomes demanding, it doesn't listen..
.. to anyone. I know and she knows that today..
.. a decision will be made, will be made."
Although Salim Khan was previously married to Salmaji.
From this marriage, he had four kids.
Daughter Alvira and sons Salman Khan,..
... Sohail Khan and Arbaaz Khan.
Thus in this manner, Helen became..
.. super star Salman Khan's step mother.
Helen played the role of Salman Khan's mother in..
..the movie "Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam".
Although Helen retired from the big screen in..
.. the year 1983, still she was seen in many movies..
.. with her step son Salman Khan.
In the golden era of Indian cinema, where many..
.. actresses made their mark, there Helen made..
.. a unique mark unachievable by anyone else.
In the history of Indian cinema, Helen's name will..
.. always be taken with great pride.
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