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Desperately Seeking Helen

19991h 21mEisha Marjara
IMDb 7.3

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Director Eisha Marjara's story takes us first to her childhood in snowbound small-town Quebec and then to Bombay, India, where she desperately tries to track down Helen, a famous movie star in the world's largest dream factory. Helen becomes a passage into Marjara's real world--her unsettling youth, life-threatening anorexia, and the devastating 1985 Air India bombing, which took the lives of her mother and sister. This video revisits the '70s pop culture of Marjara's youth and enters the fascinating world of the Bombay movie industry--"Bollywood."

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What is Desperately Seeking Helen (1999) about?

Director Eisha Marjara's story takes us first to her childhood in snowbound small-town Quebec and then to Bombay, India, where she desperately tries to track down Helen, a famous movie star in the world's largest dream factory. Helen becomes a passage into Marjara's real world--her unsettling youth, life-threatening anorexia, and the devastating 1985 Air India bombing, which took the lives of her…

Who stars in Desperately Seeking Helen?

Desperately Seeking Helen stars Eisha Marjara (Self), Helen (Self (archive footage)). The film was directed by Eisha Marjara.

How long is Desperately Seeking Helen?

Desperately Seeking Helen has a runtime of 1 min and premiered in 1999.

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Desperately Seeking Helen holds an IMDb rating of 7.3/10. Fans of Documentary are most likely to enjoy it — TasteRay can tell you how well it matches your personal taste.

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