The Farah Factor

Farah Khan is a choreographer in Bollywood who shares the stage with Saroj Khan when it comes to some of the most well known choreographers in Bollywood.

She has won awards, is close pals with mega stars like Shah Rukh Khan, is now directing movies and recently became the mother of triplets.

She has choreographed for over 70 movies, starting with Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar (1992).

Pehla Nasha from Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar

She won the Filmfare Best Choreography Award five times which included Dil Se (1998).

Chaiyya Chaiyya from Dil Se

She worked in international projects like Mira Nair’s Vanity Fair (2004) and Monsoon Wedding (2001).

Dance Scene from Vanity Fair

Kawa Kawa from Monsoon Wedding

Farah won the National Film Award for Best Choreography the dance sequence in Koi..Mil Gaya (2004).

Idhar Chala from Koi..Mil Gaya

The H Bomb

What shimmies & shakes, is auburn (sometimes blonde) and pouts?

Helen.

All it took to liven up the movie screens. She was the original item girl long before the word was coined.

World War Two brought her to India, a cocktail of French, Burmese and Spanish, she grabbed eyeballs with Mera Naam Chun Chun Chu in Howrah Bridge (1958).

O Haseena Zulfon Waali in Teesri Manzil (1966)

Piya Tu Ab To Aaja in Caravan (1971)

Mehbooba Mehbooba from Sholay (1975)

Yeh Mera Dil from Don (1978)

Helen was captured in print when Jerry Pinto tracked the phenomenon that she was in Life and Times of an H Bomb (2003). She was also honoured with the Padma Shri in 2009.