I don’t expect to win awards while working in films.
FAHADH FAASILI want my films to do the talking. I feel if people have to understand me better, I should do more good films. I just want them to know me through my films.
More Fahadh Faasil Quotes
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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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Offscreen, I’m a private person. I’m shy and don’t know how to face the public.
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When I began acting, my biggest fear was whether the audience will appreciate the kind of films I do.
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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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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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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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It’s the failure of my debut film which made me an actor, which made me want to succeed in the industry. But that doesn’t mean I regret whatever choices I’ve made over the years. No, not even ‘Kaiyethum Doorathu!’
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Mistakes happen, and then you try to overcome those. I like that process.
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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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I have been fortunate to collaborate with people who have been open to discussion. If I tell them something, they have always explained to me why they want it the other way.
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People often ask whether marriage has changed me. I didn’t marry because I had to change.
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I’ve always wanted to do a role based on a real-life person.
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Most of the films that I do help me learn something.
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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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