Helen (2019 film)

Helen
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMathukutty Xavier
Written by
Produced byVineeth Sreenivasan[1]
Noble Babu Thomas
Starring
CinematographyAnend C. Chandran
Edited byShameer Muhammed
Music byShaan Rahman
Production
companies
  • Habit of Life
  • Big Bang Entertainments
Distributed byFuntastic Films
Release date
  • 15 November 2019 (2019-11-15)
Running time
117 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Helen is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language survival thriller film directed by Mathukutty Xavier (in his directorial debut) and produced by Vineeth Sreenivasan under the companies Habit of Life and Big Bang Entertainments.[2][3] The film stars Anna Ben in the title role, while Lal, Noble Babu Thomas, Aju Varghese, Rony David and Binu Pappu appears in supporting roles. It was written by Alfred Kurian Joseph, Noble Babu Thomas and Mathukutty Xavier. Its soundtrack was composed by Shaan Rahman.[4]

Helen was released on 15 November 2019. The film won two National Film Awards – Best Debut Film of a Director and Best Make-up Artist (Ranjith Ambady) – and Ben won the Kerala State Film Award – Special Jury Award. It was remade into Tamil as Anbirkiniyal (2021), in Odia as Monalisa (2021)[5] and in Hindi by the same director as Mili (2022).

  1. ^ "Vineeth Sreenivasan is the producer of 'Helen'". Sify. 2 August 2019. Archived from the original on 7 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  2. ^ "ഹെലൻ ഈസ് ഹെവൻ: റിവ്യൂ". ManoramaOnline (in Malayalam). Archived from the original on 15 November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  3. ^ Navamy Sudhish (7 August 2019). "From 'Kumbalangi Nights' to 'Helen': Anna's on a roll". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 16 January 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  4. ^ CE Features (2 August 2019). "Anna Ben to lead Vineeth Sreenivasan production Helen". Cinema Express. Archived from the original on 7 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  5. ^ "ବିନା ଅନୁମତିରେ ଓଡ଼ିଆରେ ନକଲ". Odisha Link (in Odia). 23 April 2021. Archived from the original on 11 March 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.