When there were attacks on Myanmar, this Bollywood actress ran away to India out of fear, she is related to Salman

Bollywood story about Helen: You must have seen the film Don, released in the year 1978. The blockbuster film Don of Amitabh Bachchan’s career created a stir at the box office. In this film, ‘Helen’ danced on the song ‘Yeh Mera Dil’ and this song became a super-duper hit. Helen had danced brilliantly on many such superhit songs during her time. Helen is a famous Bollywood actress and dancer but actually she is not from India.

Actress-dancer Helen gave an interview to a magazine in the year 1964 in which she told about her family background. Helen had told in that interview that she is a resident of Myanmar and she had also revealed why she had come to India.

Why did Helen leave Myanmar and come to India?

According to media reports, Helen had said in her interview, ‘Around 1943, during the Second World War, the Japanese Army had sent many families from Myanmar to Assam. My family was also among those families. We were very troubled during that time but our family came to India to escape the Japanese occupation of Burma. After some time, Helen and her family came to Mumbai from Assam.

Helen’s family

Helen was born on 21 November 1938 in Yangon, Myanmar (now Burma). Helen’s fathers were Marlen Richardson and Zerag. In 1957, Helen married Prem Narayan Arora, from whom she separated in 1974. Helen married Salim Khan in 1981 and is still with him. Salman Khan is Helen’s step son, but he loves Helen like his real mother. Helen lives with her entire family including Salim Khan and his first wife Salma Khan.

helen’s movies

Actress and dancer Helen has worked with big stars like Shammi Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Amjad Khan. According to reports, Helen has also acted in many films but she became famous in the industry as a dancer. He gave dance numbers in about 300 films and even today he is recognized for his dance. Her superhit dance numbers include songs like ‘Mehbooba Mehbooba’, ‘Monica O My Darling’, ‘Yeh Mera Dil’, ‘Mera Naam Chin Chin Chu’, ‘O Haseena Zulfon Wali’, ‘Aao Na Gale Lagao Na’.

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