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I want my films to make money first. Awards and all can come later.

Fahadh Faasil

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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Character Complication Difference Movie Represent See Yourself
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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Actor Character Creation Movie Myself Reading See Understand
My films may not have a great opening, but I am not bothered about it. Whatever the numbers be, I want those viewers who come for my films to be excited about watching the movie.
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Excitement Greatness Movie Myself View
I like to laugh and to make people laugh.
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Laughter Myself People
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
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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Act Big Dance Easy Expectation Fame Myself Problem Survive Training
I am an actor, and I would like to reinvent myself through every character that I portray.
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Mistakes happen, and then you try to overcome those. I like that process.
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I want the audience to watch my films, and that is what I value more than any awards.
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Audience Movie Myself Reward See Value
My father hasn’t backed me in any way, and I don’t think anybody has backed me.
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Father Myself Support Thinking
Roles don’t fascinate me. It is the narrative, the screenplay that is fascinating.
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I’ve always wanted to do a role based on a real-life person.
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People know me through my characters. I don’t think they have any idea about the individual that I am. They know I am a director’s son, and I am married to an actress.
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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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I listened to the script of ‘Carbon’ at the end of 2014. I liked it the moment I heard it. I wanted to do it.
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Listening Moments Myself Script
For me, ‘Diamond Necklace’ is a commercial attempt, as it has songs and glamour.
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I’m not a person who goes out of my way to change my look. I like my characters to look as natural as possible.
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There are two kinds of films: the ones that are devoid of logic but can still hijack the audience, and those that can win them over with logic. Both kinds can succeed, and I like to work in both.
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When you are talking about human emotions, stardom doesn’t matter.
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I never wanted to be an actor but ended up being one.
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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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Dance Father Funny God Movie Myself People Start Thinking
When I choose the scripts, all I look forward to is an impressive narration.
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Choice Impression Myself Script Story
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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Audience Decision Effort Hard Work Movie Myself See Understand
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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Break Build Challenge Explanation Himself See Word
I am not affected or carried away by success or failure.
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All I want to do is to make movies that are appealing to people.
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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

I want my films to make money first. Awards and all can come later.

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