Helen
- 2019
- 1h 57m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
3.9K
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An ordinary suburban girl suddenly disappears, leaving her loved ones in a desperate search as she must face the ultimate battle - the one for her life.An ordinary suburban girl suddenly disappears, leaving her loved ones in a desperate search as she must face the ultimate battle - the one for her life.An ordinary suburban girl suddenly disappears, leaving her loved ones in a desperate search as she must face the ultimate battle - the one for her life.
- Director
- Writers
- Stars
- Awards
- 4 wins & 1 nomination total
Srikant Murali
- Dr. Cyriac John
- (as Srikanth Murali)
Rony David
- Jayashankar
- (as Rony David Raj)
Kookal Raghavan
- Raghavan Kookal
- (as Raghavan)
Trichur Elsi
- Devaki
- (as Thrissur Elsi)
Jayarajan Kozhikode
- Security
- (as Jayaraj Kozhikode)
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- Writers
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Helen (given name) made me tear up not because of the survival element - which is a rarity in Malayalam cinema, I should add - but because of standout performances by Lal and Anna Ben who play a father-daughter duo with so much delicacy and warmth it drives the thriller forward without being hammy. It is when Ben's character gets stuck in a cold storage unit one day that things take a turn in the plot as the director uses the event to highlight a series of issues currently plaguing the country: police apathy and their morality lens, caste discrimination, and work stress. It is rather delicious to find these topics scattered as garnishing in a film that is by and large about survival. How Ben manages to enact her challenging role is definitely an attracting element here but what I would like to move your attention to is the range of Lal and how effortlessly he plays the role of a father figure with ultimate finesse it reminded me of my own. Helen has been made well with slight issues in screenplay in the first half and a little bit of convenience storytelling but overall it comes around and will make you feel emotional towards the end. There's no way you'll feel disappointed. TN.
Helen - a mixture of suspense and emotions backed up by amazing performance by Anna Ben ..
Supporting cast are perfect.. Chilling experience to watch it on big screen . A film not be missed
The movie is definitely inspired by Andres Bais directed 2011 thriller La Cara Oculta or The Hidden Face.Apart from the basic premise Helen manages to hold on with superlative performances from the lead cast.
The movie starts with establishing Helens character, a nursing graduate with aspirations to go abroad, earn and help her father played to perfaction by Anna Ben and Lal.Helen works part time in a restaurant and is seeing a muslim boy.unexpected turn of events brings in ruthless cop Aju Verghese into the frames, which leads to a night of desperate hunt for Helen who goes missing.
Power packed performances and fuss free direction from debutant director Mathukkutty Xavier makes the movie a convincing and compelling watch
A survival drama with absolutely no exaggeration and perfectly depicted certain elements
Actually it's not at all a thriller, but it's moves like a thriller movie.A simple movie which showed the true incident in a perfect way with simply unique. This is a new stepover for Malayalam movie. All actors and the actress who made a great work for this movie.Overall it's one of the best movie in mollywood industry.
Did you know
- TriviaHindi remake rights are being bought ,the same director is going to direct the same.Jahnvi Kapoor will play the lead.
- ConnectionsReferences Rosy (1965)
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $224,613
- Runtime1 hour 57 minutes
- Color
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