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Helena Luke was known for her role in the 1985 film Mard alongside Amitabh Bachchan. Her marriage to Mithun Chakraborty lasted just four months.
Helena Luke’s marriage with Mithun Chakraborty lasted only 4 months.
Helena Luke, Mithun Chakraborty’s first wife, passed away on Sunday in the USA. Kalpana Iyer, dancer and actress, shared the news on social media. Helena was known for her role in the 1985 film Mard alongside Amitabh Bachchan. Her marriage to Mithun Chakraborty lasted just four months.
In her last post on Facebook on Sunday, she wrote, “Feeling weird. Mixed emotions and no clue why, discombobulated.”
Helena Luke once described her four-month marriage to Mithun Chakraborty as a “hazy dream” she wished never happened. In an old interview, she revealed how Mithun convinced her he was the right man, only to leave her feeling isolated. She had told Stardust Magazine, “I only wish it hadn’t happened, he was the one who brainwashed me into believing that he was the man for me, unfortunately, he succeeded.” While back then there were rumours of her reconciliation with Mithun Chakraborty, the actress had shared, “I’ll never go back to him even if he is the richest guy around. I haven’t even asked for alimony, it was a nightmare, and it’s over.”
Helena had said she felt abandoned by him. She shared in an interview that she initially believed Mithun loved her, but later realized he was self-absorbed and immature. “I really believed him when he told me that he loved me. But when I got to know him better, I realized that he loved no one but himself. He was extremely immature, and though I was years younger than him, I felt much older. He was very possessive and accused me of seeing my ex-boyfriend Javed on the sly. I used to go blue in the face trying to convince him that I didn’t, but couldn’t succeed in eradicating his deep-rooted suspicious nature. It was only later that I realized he had a guilt complex. He himself was fooling around my back and thought I was doing the same,” she had said.
Helena Luke was an Indo-American actress known for her roles in Bollywood films during the 1980s, including Mard and Do Gulab. She was Mithun Chakraborty’s first wife, though their marriage ended after just four months in 1979. Helena later moved to the United States, where she settled and worked in the airline industry. Despite her brief film career and short-lived marriage, she remains remembered for her contributions to Hindi cinema. Sadly, Helena passed away in the USA in October 2023.