Anna Ben, Jayasurya bask in awards glory
The Hindu
They were adjudged Best Actors at the State film awards
For someone who is just four films old, Anna Ben is already counted among the most promising young actors of this generation. The Special Mention at the Kerala State Film Awards for Helen last year and the Best Actor award this year for Kappela only helps in cementing that impression.
She announced her arrival with the role of an easy-going, but assertive, Baby in Madhu C. Narayanan’s Kumbalangi Nights. Though the film had a star cast of performers, she more than managed to get noticed. Her second film, the survival thriller Helen, not only challenged her acting skills but her physical endurance too, with the story of a part-timer at a restaurant getting trapped inside a meat freezer.

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