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Mohan Raja is an interesting filmmaker. He is constantly, if I may use the word, contradicting himself. He explains a scene, and then he will try to break that and rebuild it. That, to me, is filmmaking. Every scene is constructed after a lot of discussions.

Fahadh Faasil

Failure affects me hard.
FAHADH FAASIL

Affect Failure Hard Myself
When I listen to a basic thought, I try to visualise the cinema in it. Sometimes it is dark, sometimes boyish, sometimes amateurish. It is a trial and error method. But the bottom line is that I want to entertain the audience.
FAHADH FAASIL

Audience Entertainment Listening Movie Myself Thinking Visual
I trust my directors to see me through, for I don’t consider myself as a natural actor – or a good one at that.
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Director Goodness Myself Oneself See Trust
I would like to look funny on screen, doing comedy.
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Comedy Funny Movie Myself See
If I do a film, I go to the place where it is based on, interact with people, and then, I believe, you pick up things without you even noticing.
FAHADH FAASIL

Believe Movie People Place Yourself
I try to choose characters that don’t remind the audience of my previous roles. I make a conscious effort for that.
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Audience Character Effort Myself Role
Every character, when it comes to a cinematic representation, gets complicated and layered. You are given a lot of dimensions than a single dimension to an individual. That’s the main difference between seeing something out of the window and seeing something on screen.
FAHADH FAASIL

Character Complication Difference Movie Represent See Yourself
I have never been 100% confident that I am right about anything.
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Belief Confidence Myself Right
I am a person who doesn’t like responsibility of any kind. But I do enjoy what I do.
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Enjoyment Kind Myself Person Responsibility
Most of the films that I do help me learn something.
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Learning Movie Myself
Whenever I have really enjoyed being part of a film, it has worked well for me.
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Enjoyment Movie Myself Work
The characters I portray are an extension of what I’ve seen, heard, or read, and so what you see in my films are how I understand life.
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Character Life Myself Reading See Understand
My thought process is in Malayalam. So, every time I have to work outside Malayalam, the process is a little stressful. I have to translate my Malayalam thoughts into English and back to Tamil.
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Difficult Language Myself Process Stress Thinking Time Work
I don’t expect to win awards while working in films.
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Expectation Movie Myself Reward Win Work
Mistakes happen, and then you try to overcome those. I like that process.
FAHADH FAASIL

Mistake Myself Process Try
I’ve done only things I’ve liked, and I’m happy that others have liked them, too. I hope it keeps going that way. But l would never want to do films which please just one set of audience; they should connect with everyone.
FAHADH FAASIL

Audience Connection Happiness Hope Myself

Mohan Raja is an interesting filmmaker. He is constantly, if I may use the word, contradicting himself. He explains a scene, and then he will try to break that and rebuild it. That, to me, is filmmaking. Every scene is constructed after a lot of discussions.

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Mohan Raja is an interesting filmmaker. He is constantly, if I may use the word, contradicting himself. He explains a scene, and then he will try to break that and rebuild it. That, to me, is filmmaking. Every scene is constructed after a lot of discussions.

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