While she doesn’t consider herself a method actor, Ben did keep a journal as Helen. The survival drama, which earned her a special mention at the Kerala State Film Awards, is set to be remade in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Hindi. If Ben made her mark in Kumbalangi Nights despite the presence of towering actors like Fahadh Faasil and Soubin Shahir, in her solo outing, she made us root for Helen, as she struggled to stay alive after being trapped in a frigid meat freezer in the eponymous film. And this comes from an actor who did not nurse any dreams of entering films. That Ben has carved a name for herself at a time when the Malayalam film industry is seeing something of a revolution makes her achievements even more significant. I just did it for fun, and they shortlisted me,” she says. “I didn’t want to put my father in a spot where people would say, ‘Does she even know what she’s doing?’ An audition is just to see if you can do the job. She didn’t even tell her father - not even when her father is well-known Malayalam screenwriter Benny P Nayarambalam. Initially, Ben did not make much of auditioning for the role. Now, this curly-haired, petite actor with an infectious smile, has added three seminal Malayalam movies to her kitty within a year. It was for the role of the straightforward and sensible girlfriend, Baby Mol, in 2019’s massive hit Kumbalangi Nights.
Ben, too, was going about her life, working as a designer in Bengaluru, until one day, she decided to respond to an audition call on Instagram. As Baby Mol, Helen, and Jessy, she won hearts playing the quintessential girl-next-door caught in extraordinary moments in otherwise ordinary life. It’s easy for me to be somebody else on screen,” says Ben, who is amassing acclaim for her roles in Kumbalangi Nights (2019), Helen (2019), and Kappela (2020).Īnd yet, there is a parallel between Ben’s reel and real lives. I find it really difficult being on screen, or in front of the camera as myself. “ Kumbalangi Nights’ Baby Mol is who I closely relate to, in real life. Be it appearing alongside stalwarts, or carrying a film on her own shoulders, Anna Ben has become an audience favourite in just a year.Īnna Ben says she’s never herself on screen.
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