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Sara’s, On Amazon Prime Video With Anna Ben, Is A Satisfying Feel-Good Entertainer About Difficult Choices
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Sara’s Is A Feel-Good Entertainer About Difficult Choices

  • Posted on July 6, 2021July 6, 2021
  • by Baradwaj Rangan
Sara’s looks at a woman’s plight from a woman’s perspective. It’s about Sara’s confusions and doubts, the conflict between what she wants to do and what society wants from her.
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Manju Warrier Inspires Most Of Us To Create Our Own Space: Anna Ben
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Manju Warrier Inspires Most Of Us To Create Our Own Space: Anna Ben

  • Posted on October 21, 2020
  • by Team FC
The young actor, one of the 25 FC Disruptors, speaks about the unique space she occupies, the freedom she has to experiment, and more.
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Lijo Jose Pellissery, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Kani Kusruti And Fahadh Faasil Win At Kerala State Film Awards
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Kerala Film Awards: Lijo Jose, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Kani & Fahadh Win

  • Posted on October 13, 2020October 13, 2020
  • by Team FC
Experimental film Vasanthi, which is directed by Rahman brothers, beat other favoured contenders for Best Film. Actors Nivin Pauly (Moothon) and Anna Ben (Helen) won a Jury Mention.
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‘Baby From Kumbalangi Nights Would Have Asked A Guy Like Vishnu To Piss Off’: Anna Ben
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The Anna Ben Interview: The Actress On Kappela, Helen And More...

  • Posted on July 4, 2020July 4, 2020
  • by Vishal Menon
Actress Anna Ben on being part of three seminal films – Kumbalangi Nights, Helen and Kappela – that have won her acclaim outside of Kerala, her acting process, that fickle thing called luck, and how her choices are not the result of much deliberation.
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Day #10 of Lockdown: Drooling Through Ashiq Abu’s Salt N’ Pepper, On MX Player
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Day #10 of Lockdown: Ashiq Abu’s Salt N’ Pepper, On MX Player

  • Posted on April 3, 2020May 9, 2020
  • by Vishal Menon
People think claustrophobic movies such as Trapped, Room and Helen are going to be the toughest to watch at this point, but I’d argue that it is films like Salt N Pepper or Julie And Julia, which have us helplessly craving for something as primal as tasty food.
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Six Female Characters From Recent Malayalam Films Who Would Make Great BFFs
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Six Female Characters From Malayalam Films Who Would Make Great BFFs

  • Posted on April 1, 2020December 4, 2020
  • by Meera Venugopal
All of us want to live in the shoes of certain protagonists, but how often have you felt that if a certain character was your BFF, there’d be more spice to life, asks Meera Venugopal
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12 Movies And TV Shows That Are Best Watched Alone

  • Posted on March 18, 2020May 13, 2020
  • by Team FC
It’s going to be a while before you can enjoy the theatre experience again. The Film Companion team is here to help you with suggestions on movies and shows that are more fun to watch solo
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‘Helen’ Shows How Even A Pure ‘Genre Film’ Can Be Elevated Thro...

  • Posted on November 26, 2019May 20, 2020
  • by Baradwaj Rangan
Anna Ben and Lal are wonderful. But when the writing gives you so much to chew on, the performances become so much better. Spoilers ahead…
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