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I trust my directors to see me through, for I don’t consider myself as a natural actor – or a good one at that.

Fahadh Faasil

I want the audience to watch my films, and that is what I value more than any awards.
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The five directors in ‘5 Sundarikal’ experimented, and it was a very personal exercise. Amal, Anwar, Aashiq, and Sameer have done things that they have never done before. Debutant Shyju has also made a beautiful film.
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Mistakes happen, and then you try to overcome those. I like that process.
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I like to laugh and to make people laugh.
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Laughter Myself People
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.
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Let me make something clear: I can’t do anything in particular to make others laugh. I do what is necessary for a character. The body language of the character may make others laugh.
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Body Character Language Laughter Myself Necessary
I give my best to each role that I do.
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Failure is part and parcel of the process of experimenting with roles and films.
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Experiment Failure Movie Myself Process Role
The closest encounter I had with films in my childhood was sitting on the lap of my father at a shooting set, and he would say ‘rain,’ and it started raining, and then he would say ‘song,’ and people started dancing. I thought I was sitting on God’s lap.
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I have never been 100% confident that I am right about anything.
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I have always maintained that the audience should take a call on this. Its up to them to decide whether they want to see a pirated version or not. They should understand the effort and amount of hard work that go into a film.
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It doesn’t matter to me how I look on screen. What matters to me is how I connect with the audience.
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I am a bad boy. I don’t come across clearly to a lot of people, so I am bad for them.
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Bad Boy Myself People
The less people know about you, the more you understand how beautiful life is. It’s good when you exist only on screen. I don’t want them to take me home. I love to have my privacy.
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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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The only thing my famous last name got me was a foothold in the industry. That was the easy part. The biggest problem is survival. As Fazil’s son, I am expected to know everything – acting, dancing, horse riding… I am not trained in all these, and I don’t think I ever will be.
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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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