filmmaker farah khan shared that she is a great admirer of veteran actor and dancer helen and said that she always inspired herfarah said when i was a young child between the ages of five and six i used to climb on the table of my house and dance to helens songs even when someone would come to my house my parents would ask me to show them my dance to helens songsshe further shared her shooting experience with helen on the sets of the 2000 musical romantic drama mohabbatein and said i remember when we were filming mohabbatein and helen ji was coming in to do a dance number and i asked for geeta to teach her the routine they were all rehearsing and i was standing in a corner and crying because i got the opportunity to work with my childhood idolhelen was introduced to bollywood in 1953 by the famous dancer cuckooread alsohelen mirren to be honoured with american cinematheque awardrenowned veteran actor helen mirren is set to receive the prestigious american cinematheque award as the 37th recipient this esteemed accolade will be presented during the american cinematheque ceremony scheduled for november 4she got her break in 1958 when she performed the song mera naam chin chin choo in the movie howrah bridgeshe was known for wearing different colours of wigs contact lenses and skimpy outfits in her movies she was married to director prem narayan arora from 1957 to 1972 and she divorced him and later married screenwriter salim khan in 1981farah appeared as a celebrity guest on the dance reality show indias best dancer 3 and she was left awestruck with the performance of the duo shivam wankhede and sonali kar on the timeless classics o haseena zulfonwale jane jahan from the movie teesri manzilshe praised their dance moves and added you two were too good if helen aunty and shammi ji saw you today they would tell you two have a long way to go