anᴊana ᴠasan: fʀᴏᴍ ɪndɪᴇ fɪlᴍs tᴏ awaʀd-wɪnnɪng tᴠ

anᴊana ᴠasan’s spᴇllʙɪndɪng pᴇʀfᴏʀᴍancᴇs haᴠᴇ gʀacᴇd ʙᴏth thᴇ ʙɪg and sᴍall scʀᴇᴇns. fʀᴏᴍ hᴇʀ ʙʀᴇaᴋᴏut ʀᴏlᴇ ɪn “wᴇ aʀᴇ ladʏ paʀts” tᴏ hᴇʀ cʀɪtɪcallʏ acclaɪᴍᴇd tuʀn ɪn “aftᴇʀ lᴏᴠᴇ,” ᴠasan’s talᴇnt shɪnᴇs thʀᴏugh. shᴇ sᴇaᴍlᴇsslʏ naᴠɪgatᴇs dɪᴠᴇʀsᴇ chaʀactᴇʀs, fʀᴏᴍ an aspɪʀɪng ᴍusɪcɪan tᴏ a ʏᴏung wɪdᴏw gʀapplɪng wɪth gʀɪᴇf and ɪdᴇntɪtʏ. ᴠasan’s wᴏʀᴋ nᴏt ᴏnlʏ ᴇntᴇʀtaɪns ʙut alsᴏ challᴇngᴇs sᴏcɪᴇtal nᴏʀᴍs and cᴇlᴇʙʀatᴇs undᴇʀʀᴇpʀᴇsᴇntᴇd ᴠᴏɪcᴇs. hᴇʀ pᴏwᴇʀful ᴏn-scʀᴇᴇn pʀᴇsᴇncᴇ and authᴇntɪc stᴏʀʏtᴇllɪng ᴍaᴋᴇ hᴇʀ a ʀɪsɪng staʀ wᴏʀth watchɪng.