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12 Apr 2012 14:02 #83291
by Nargis
Early life and background
Helen was born in
Burma
on November 21 1939 to an
Anglo-Indian
father and
Burmese
mother. She has a brother Roger and a sister Jennifer. Her father died during the
Second World War
. The family migrated to
Mumbai
in 1943 but her mother's salary as a nurse was not enough, and Helen had to quit her schooling to support the family.
[4]. In a documentary called 'Queen of the Nautch girls', Helen said she was 16 yrs old in 1957 when she got her first big break in
Howrah Bridge
.
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12 Apr 2012 14:04 #83292
by Nargis
Personal lifeIn January 1956, Helen was 15 years old when she moved in with film director P.N Arora who was already married and was 28 years older than her. He controlled her finances until 1973 when she discovered that he was spending her money without her consent. She was almost bankrupt as a result. She broke up with him on her 33rd birthday in November 21, 1973.
[7]i]unreliable source?[/i In 1981, Helen married
Salim Khan
, and became his second wife and they adopted a girl, Arpita.
Salman Khan
is her stepson and she has acted as his mother in the film
Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
, as his grand mother-in-law in
Khamoshi: The Musical
and
Dil Ne Jise Apna Kaha
and as his grandmother in the film
Marigold
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12 Apr 2012 14:06 #83293
by Snoopster
I remembered some old Guyanese Indians referring to her as the blue eye bowjie (not Mrs. Jagan). :
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