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Helen (2019 film)

Helen is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language survivalthriller film directed by Mathukutty Xavier (in his directorial debut) and produced by Vineeth Sreenivasan under the companies Habit of Life and Big Bang Entertainments. The film stars Anna Ben in the title role, while Lal, Noble Babu Thomas (who also co-produced and co-wrote the film), Aju Varghese, Rony David and Binu Pappu appear in supporting roles. The soundtrack was composed by Shaan Rahman.
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) and in Hindi by the same director as Mili (2022).