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Helen has been the most well known item song dancer in Hindi movies. But she was not the first one. The original item song dancer in Hindi movies was Cuckoo. In fact, it was Cuckoo who was instrumental in getting Helen her initial breaks in Hindi movies. So in a way Helen was Cuckoo’s protege.
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I became aware of this song accidentally while I was searching the details of another song of this movie. My search led me to this article on songs of Mayur Pankh (1954) by Richard S.

A little more digging up reveals that I may have inadvertently stumbled upon a movie that is a trivia buff’s delight.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

Something providential in the coincident that today is the birth anniversary of two wonderful dancers and performers of the Hindi silver screen. Yes, today, 21st October is the day that both Shammi Kapoor and Helen share as their date of birth. And not that it is a strange or unique occurrence. Many people share their dates of birth with many other known, even renowned people. But I single out this occurrence as special – these two wonderful people have been contemporaries in the film industry, they have performed together in many movies, and the most important, both of them represent that combination of energy and fun and delight and enjoyment that is unique to their theatrical personae.
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This article is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog

I am not one who believes in star positions in the galaxy determining happenings on earth but maybe some things were ordained.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

What a find!! Bless this YouTube, and all the scattered music lovers all over the globe. Somewhere, someone is holding on to some fabulous music and then voila, it appears on the net. A song I have been searching for a long time. I am sure it happens with others also; it starts with the thought – there is something one is missing. At times it will pass through the mind, and then get folded under some other thoughts. When I log in online, there are so many other things to look for, that are the significant need for the current series of posts, that this one (and many other such things) do not readily jump to the front line. And then one day, I am searching for something else, when I bump into this one thing, completely out of the blue, and the only expression I can manage at the moment is “O My God”.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

Ek Raat (1967) is a B/C grade film produced under the banner of East and West Movietone, Bombay, and is directed by Rajnath. The music for this film is composed by Usha Khanna. The lyrics for this film are written by three poets viz., Anjaan, Yogesh, and Jalaal Malihabaadi. The star cast is made up of Sheikh Mukhtar, Ravi Kumar, Simi, Shyama, Madan Puri, David, Helen, Lakshmichhaaya, Samson, Haroon, Bhagwan Sinha, Nazir Kashmiri, CL Shah, Bihari, Vasanti. This film was the debut vehicle for actor Ravi Kumar. The name does not sound familiar from other films, and I would request our knowledgeable readers to add more information about this actor.
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The last time when I discussed songs composed by Ganesh,I had discussed almost all the Ganesh compositions that were they available. As things stand, this blog has as many as 31 songs composed by Ganesh. It may not look like much, but when one realises that Ganesh only composed 80 odd songs in his career, this figure is a lot !
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