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I could never walk on the streets. I had to wear a veil. They used to go berserk when they saw me.

[on Helen's deadly trek to India from Burma during World War] Mother and I had been virtually reduced to skeletons and my brother's condition was critical. We spent two months in hospital. When we recovered, we moved to Calcutta.

I was dancing in those daring outfits right until the age of 46. Today's girls are out by the time they're thirty.

Am blessed to have had Ashaji and Lataji singing so many songs for me. Geeta Dutt songs gave me the fame initially. Credit to the music directors is a must. Every composer has composed music for the songs sung by me. I need to mention obviously the greatest musicians like O.P.Nayyar, Salil Chowdhry, S.D.Burman, Shankar Jaikishen, Kalyanji Anandji, R.D.Burman, Laxmikant Pyarelal in Hindi and M.S.Viswanathan in Tamil films I did. I enjoyed dancing alongside stalwarts Padmini and Vyjanthimala.It was my passion for dancing that i could dance in films right from the age of 15 in 1954 to 46 in 1985 continuously.