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A documentary on the Anglo-Indian Helen, best remembered by Western audiences, perhaps, as the Heroine in Gold dancing on the giant typewriter in Merchant Ivory's Bombay Talkie. The star of more than 500 Hindi films turns out to be straightforward, unaffected professional, modestly concerned that her film's have a consistent point of view and that, above all, her eyes hold the spectator's attention. Her ambition, when she finally retires? To open a modest boutique in Bombay's still to be completed Sheraton Hotel.
Original Release
03/01/1973
US Release
03/01/1973
Cast
Name | Character |
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Helen | Herself / Self |
Anthony Korner | Narrator (voice) / Narrator |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Helen | Herself / Self |
Anthony Korner | Narrator (voice) / Narrator |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Ismail Merchant | Producer |