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Mumbai, Jul 31: Bollywood's original 'Dancing Diva' Helen will be seen making her comeback in Bollywood with a film titled Bachpan. The film is directed by debutante director Rajiv Sharma who has in the past assisted filmmakers like Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Satish Kaushik.

Taking on from where last year's smash hit Taare Zameen Par left, Bachpan is a musical family saga, laced with emotions, seen from the perspective of children. In fact, when Rajiv Sharma decided to debut as a director, he zeroed in on this project which reflects the sensibilities of children.

As for Helen's character, she plays the role of a grandmother in Bachpan. An elated Helen says, "The script was simply amazing. And when I read it, I was so overwhelmed, that I decided I had to do it. I have recently seen the rushes of the film and liked the way it has shaped up immensely."

Apart from Helen, the film will also star another veteran actress Padmini Kolhapure along with four talented children.


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Helen's Ten Best Dance Numbers of All Time


The merit of any artist lies in their ability to create extraordinary. Helen, a performer par excellence, encompassed this unique quality in heaps.
A potent blend of elfin charm and seductive moves, the smile in her eyes and litheness in her steps were far more intoxicating than the numerous whisky bottles she pranced around.

Every performance of hers in any movie, big or small, was, perhaps, the most-awaited segment -- a magnificent, lavish show guaranteed to thrill the audience and reaffirm their faith in the iconic dancing queen.

Time hasn't dulled the memory of Helen's shimmering sexiness, whose memories continue to beguile the viewer. A picture of refined elegance and gentle grace, Bollywood's beloved Ms Chin Chin Choo turns 69 today.

On her birthday, rediff.com showcases the legendary performer's Ten Best Dance Numbers of All Time, in no particular order:


Piya tu ab to aaja, Caravan

Sensuality dripped in every moment as Helen played the unforgettable Monica to Caravan's memorable cabaret ditty, Piya tu ab to aaja in Caravan.

No one quite winked as she meaningfully ran her slender fingers around those long, fish-stocking clad legs, breathing heavily and super sexily only to promptly free herself off a frilly red- black skirt and top and sashay in a glittering gold number.

It's unusual to utter striptease and tasteful in the same breath. Helen, of course, wouldn't have it any other way.


Mera naam chin chin choo, Howrah Bridge


While we can never get enough of Madhubala's smoldering temptress in Aaiye meherbaan, Shakti Samanta's black and white whodunit also featured a cute as button Helen introducing herself to us as the perfectly adorable Miss Chin Chin Choo.
In that pretty get-up --oriental dress, slanted eyes, a paper fan, Helen resembled a Chinese porcelain doll. Ditto for her spectacular dance, high on vivacity and joie de vivre

O haseena zulfonwali, Teesri Manzil


The original style diva, Helen adventurously experimented with her feather-friendly wigs, make-up, hats, baubles and outfits, mixing and matching different forms of dance and the attire associated with it.
One could witness this characteristic in her feverish on-the-floor duet, O haseena zulfonwali with the eternally effervescent Shammi Kapoor.

R D Burman's zingy creation looked every bit of a dream as Helen, in the middle of a frantic wardrobe changes, oozed flamboyance and charisma.


Yeh mera dil, Don


There's little left to imagine in Helen's slinky white dress. After all, she's dressed to kill the Big B in 1978's racy caper, Don.
And so, she pouts, preens, growls and purrs, employing her fire-breathing eyes to explosive results making wild suggestions to an unrelenting Amitabh Bachchan whilst gyrating steamily against partner-in-crime Asha Bhosle's equally stirring rendition of Yeh mera dil.

Almost two decades later, a hot Kareena Kapoor's attempt to re-write history in Don's remake failed to match the legend's flair for seduction


Mungda, Inkaar


Helen could make singing to an ant look sexy. And she does, with tremendous poise, in the clearly suggestive number like Mungda.
Dressed in a bright yellow and blue koli-styled sari, the accomplished dancer shows off her perfect curves and filmi jhatkas with aplomb even as a bunch of salacious extras gawk and gape.

Not too surprisingly, Helen's song 'n' dance session is the only memorable factor about this otherwise long-forgotten Vinod Khanna-Vidya Sinha starrer.