 |
| Paoli Dam with Miss Shefali |
Miss Shefali is a trend
setter in Bengal as a cabaret dancer. Autobiography of the dancer of
yesteryears was released recently. The book, Sandhya Rater Shefali has been written in collaboration
with Shirsha Bandopadhyay which narrates the transformation of Arati Das to
Miss Shefali, from extreme poverty to a life of extravagance and finally from
colourful nightouts with friends to a life of loneliness.
The dancer is still known
as Miss Shefali, very few people are aware that her actual name is Arati Das.
Miss Shefali has witnessed every colour of life and now she resides in a small flat
at Nagerbazar with her niece.
Miss Shefali felt the need
to reveal the fact which forced a mere thirteen years old girl Arati Das to
became a cabaret dancer. During 70’s Miss Shefali was considered as a sex bomb
in Bengal. Miss Shefali appeared in cabaret dance sequences of many Bengali
theatres apart from a regular cabaret bar dancer. Miss Shefali has acted in
many cinemas also. People of that criticized the lady for wearing skimpy skirts
and cleavage- revealing blouses and dancing at bars at night. People never
bothered to know why the little girl from Bangladesh became a cabaret dancer. Miss
Shefali’s father was forced to leave Bangladesh and settled down in Kolkata
like many at that time. They were very poor and couldn't afford even one meal a
day.
No comments:
Post a Comment