1. The song starts out with Helen calling out to her lover to come already, as she waits for him impatiently. Incidentally, she was not just performing - she was multitasking!
2. We cannot emphasize enough about how lonely she is without her SO. Her heart does not just beat, it thumps!
3. Her man takes his sweet time arriving. Meanwhile, you know what they say about loneliness making the heart grow fonder?
4. Well, the potion to curing loneliness has not changed over time or place. This is how you embrace alcoholism...
5. And its aftereffects.
6. Like cabaret, pole-dancing also is very different in India. For instance, it basically involves a sort of dizzying merry-go-round.
7. Indian cabaret is a lot about battling your invisible demons. Literally.
8. Sometimes, the battles are verbal.
9. And sometimes, those demons hit back. Hard.
10. Expressions were as important in this dance form as hashtags are important in today's conversations. In the meanwhile, Helen's boyfriend finally turns up!
11. Can you even remotely begin to comprehend her joy? Can you?
12. Nothing, I repeat, nothing can keep these lovers from being together. Not even the clothes on her back which get caught in a snag. Ain't nobody got time for this, seriously.
13. Western cabaret may be about smooth moves on the dance-floor. Not in India. Here, passion is more important than graceful body movements - especially if you are a man.
14. Who says cabaret is only for women? Or it is a specific dance form? Look at this guy getting jiggy with it - mixing some timeless kathak in his moves.
15. When Helen and her man finally get together - there is a lot of heat, obviously. Whether it is some special form of BDSM or she is annoyed with his late entrance, this is one move you will never find in any other cabaret performance.
16. With these unique and mind-numbing dance moves, no wonder cabaret in Bollywood was so exciting. And Helen time and again proved why she was better than the rest, and better than the best!
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