When I am with my friends, I am comfortable.
FAHADH FAASILThe 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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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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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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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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For me, ‘Diamond Necklace’ is a commercial attempt, as it has songs and glamour.
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I like movies made by Spike Lee – doing those films out of the U.S., that is really daring.
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Failure affects me hard.
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In Malayalam, I can improvise, and acting is easy because I think in Malayalam, but for ‘Velaikkaran,’ I had to prepare for a role, which is a first for me.
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Failure is part and parcel of the process of experimenting with roles and films.
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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 often see only my mistakes. I always feel I could have done better. Every artist goes through it.
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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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As an actor, you create a character from your understanding of what you have heard and your observations. Eventually, every film is an extension of the images that I have seen or what I have heard or read somewhere.
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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.
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It feels good to hear good things about yourself.
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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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