Dancer/actress/lip-syncher extroardinaire, "Helen", is best known for her over the top, colourful cabaret-style performances in Bollywood films from the 60's & 70's and is recognized by many as the "Queen of Bollywood Bad Girls" or "Queen of the Nautch Girls."
"Helen was known for wearing very revealing and sexy costumes in her films as well as various wigs and colored contacts. This made her easily standout and combined with her beauty and talent, it was easy for Helen to steal just about any scene she appears in even though she was never a huge Bollywood star in the traditional sense. In many movies Helen was reduced to being the bad girl or "other woman" who was often rejected at the end of the film by the handsome male star for a less interesting good girl that he could bring home to mother. She also plays a bit of a lush in many films who enjoys drowning her sorrows and forgetting her cares with a drink or two."(cinebeats)
To see more of her fabulousness in action check out this short, 30 min. doc "Helen: Queen of the Nautch Girls."
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