Helen, Queen of the Nautch Girls

Helen, Queen of the Nautch Girls

5.7

English/31 min./1973

Genres

Documentary

Synopsis

Looks at the musical extravaganzas which constitute the main bulk of commercial cinema in India; in particular at the career of Helen, the undisputed Queen of such sagas, having appeared in some five hundred since 1957. Excerpts from some of her films are interspersed with an interview with the star in her dressing room.

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