A book on Helen’s life 
By IndiaFM News Bureau, March 29, 2006 - 04:33 IST
Penguin India, one of the biggest book publishing houses in India, has come up with a book on the life of actress Helen. The book is titled ‘Helen: The Life and the Times of an H-Bomb’ and is penned down by the famous writer Jerry Pinto.
The book takes us through the journey of Helen’s life, who entered the film industry in 1952, as a chorus girl. It talks about how Helen who happens to be a refugee of French-Burmese parentage was such a big success in Bollywood. The book makes an interesting read as it explores the reasons why the otherwise conservative families sat through and even enjoyed her 'cabarets' and what actually made Helen so desirable without any feeling of embarrassment.
This moderately priced life-history on the siren who introduced the idea of item numbers in Hindi films should be a collector’s item if you love to read Bollywood biographies.
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