It was a holiday for me, but not for my father. He had very few holidays. He was preparing to leave. As usual, I rushed to open the gates for him. While opening the gates, the gate slid over my toe and took my thumbnail off. It was extremely painful. As there was a meeting my father had to attend, he left to his office. However, he returned home soon after the meeting. After coming back, he read out Lee Falk's Phantom for me. I was not old enough to read on my own. I still remember the story he read out to me, the story of Hanta witch. Absorbed in the story I soon forgot my pain. That was when I realised that you can forget pain by distracting yourself.
Years passed by. I have suffered much greater pains. And, this trick saved me almost every time. Along with a strong disbelief in an inherent purpose for life, this experience made distractions from life the sole purpose of life. Ironic, isn't it.
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| By "Phantom, The #12". Grand Comics Database Project. Retrieved 2006-10-22., Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7563756 |
Helen is the story of a girl's struggle as she is accidentally trapped in a life or death situation. I did not enjoy the film because the girl's struggle disturbed me, proving that the movie was well made. Anna Ben's (Helen) act was very convincing. The movie certainly could have been better. Certain cliches like Jayshankar's (Manager, Chicken Hub) character could have been avoided, especially because it does not add any value to the story. The over-dramatised father-daughter relationship also falls into the same category. In general, the bubbly character played by Anna Ben, in the initial segment of the movie, did not feel natural/convincing to me. Although S.I Ratheesh Kumar (Aju Varghese) is a somewhat common trope in modern films, Aju Varghese's acting made it worthwhile. By Source, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=62280395
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