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Second week of may 1973 must have been very tense for Amitabh Bachchan. His very career hinged on the success of a movie that was being released on 11 may 1973. If this movie flopped at the box office then Amitabh Bachchan had decided to pack his bags and go back to Allahabad.
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“Love Marriage” (1959) was a Subodh Mukher ji production movie. It was produced and directed by Subodh Mukherji. The movie had Dev Anand, Mala Sinha, Pranoti Ghosh, Helen, Abhi Bhattacharya, Kanchan Mala, Neeta, Sarita, Kanchanmala, Wajid Khan, Sharda, Bhagwan Sinha, Gunjan, Narbada Shankar, Suresh, Bob, Sushil, Vijay Kumar, Munshiji, Mohan Modi, Rajesh, Mikki, Dubbe, Sailen Bose, Mool Chand, Master Anwar, Robert etc in it.
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This blog has more than one hundred “Helen” songs. In these songs, Helen would typically perform a cabarat dance and the hero would be seated on a table in the bar where this dance is being performed. I recently begin to wonder whether one can count the number of heroes who figure in such picturisations. I can recall many names right from Ashok Kumar (Howrah Bridge-1958) to Amitabh Bachchan (several movies). Then I reminded myself that Helen had started her cabarat dancing career in 1950s when the three big heroes were Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor and Dec Anand.
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“Jewel Thief” (1967) was a Navketan Production movie. It was directed by Vijay Anand. The movie had Dev Anand, Dev Anand, Ashok Kumar, Vyjayanthimala, Tanuja, Faryal, Nazir Hussain, Sapru, Helen, Anju Mahendru, Pratima Devi, Sachin etc in it.
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“Jhuk Gaya Aasmaan” (1968) was an R D B Production. It was directed by Lekh Tandon. The movie had Rajendra Kumar, Prem Chopra, Saira Banu, Rajendranath, Parveen Choudhary, Jagirdar, Randhir, Jagdish Raaj, Sulochana, Chaman Puri, Kamal Kapoor, Madhumati, David Abraham, Durga Khote, Hari Shivdasani etc in it.
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“Ek Musaafir Ek Haseena” (1962) was a Filmalaya Production movie. It was directed by Raj Khosla. The movie had Joy Mukherjee, Sadhana, Rajendranath, Kamal Kapoor, Siddhu, Jagdish Raaj, Sulochana Chatterji, Chaman Puri, Shyam Chatterji, Neera Sameer, Gyani, Malika, Dhumal etc in it.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

Sizzlers of the 60s – the phrase brings a handful of names to the mind. Of course, we have Helen and Bela Bose. And there are some performances by Aruna Irani, Laxmi Chhaaya. But talking of performances worthy of burning down the projection screens, the one name that you cannot do without is Faryal. This fairy queen of cabaret was a strong contender for the number two spot behind Helen, for long years in the 60s and 70s. Her dance numbers in films like ‘Jewel Thief’ (1967) (on instrumental music) and ‘Taxi Driver’ (1973) “Pyaar Karte Ho Yaar. . .” are some of the most fascinating cabarets in Hindi cinema.
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This article is written by Pamir Harvey, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

Today is Raja Swaminathan’s birthday! Raja is, as many of you must already be knowing, a regular contributor of posts here at this blog. Over the years I have learnt to admire his knowledge not only of Hindi songs, but also his knowledge in many fields particularly cricket. Raja is very lucid in his words and it is always a pleasure to read his passionate essays on his blog. His precise nature and ability to understand situations and context also makes him valuable as translator for the Edu productions in subtitling old films. More than all this I value Raja as a friend with whom I can do pagalpanthi! Happy Birthday Raja!
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