--> This was a bit of a golden year for the Asha Bhonsle-Madhubala combination as the playback artist sang a number of hit songs for the talented actress. Shakti Samanta’s noir film Howrah Bridge released in 1958. The film starred Ashok Kumar and Madhubala in the lead roles and was based in the city of Calcutta. With a sizzling music score and some fine performances, the film was a hit at the box office. A more important outcome of the film was that it catapulted the dance artiste Helen into the limelight because of her performance in the song, ‘Mera Naam Chin-Chin-Choo’. Helen had acted in films as a chorus dancing girl from the early 1950s. She herself claims that her...
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