Fahadh Faasil says he wanted to prove his dad wasn’t wrong about him after his debut film bombed: ‘I failed in cinema…’

Mentioning that he was surprised by the fact that people were liking his performances in the second phase of his career, after being panned for his debut portrayal, Fahadh said that he then started working on winning people’s trust. “Once the trust was built, it became just about doing things I believe in,” he added. He further emphasised that the only priority of cinema is to entertain and not to enter some crore-clubs.

Fahadh also noted that even at a time when he didn’t imagine returning to cinema, he always wanted to prove to the world that his father wasn’t wrong about him and introducing him. “Since I failed in cinema and my father has introduced so many talents to the industry, I just wanted to prove that he wasn’t wrong about me. So, I may have been subconsciously thinking or dreaming of cinema still,” he mentioned.

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“My father felt, at that time when introducing me, that I had a unique rhythm. He did feel that I was artificial and that there were things that weren’t organically happening, but he found my rhythm very interesting.”

Meanwhile, Fahadh, who has previously named the Mexican psychological drama Amores Perros (2000) and the Italian coming-of-age dramedy Cinema Paradiso (1988) as his life-changing films, named writer-director P Padmarajan’s Mohanlal-starrer Thoovanathumbikal (1987) as the Malayalam film which had the same effect on him.

Heaping praise on his wife Nazriya Nazim, Fahadh said, “Since she’s been acting from a young age, she’s not camera-conscious at all. Yet, she does a lot of homework. This she does not by sitting down and discussing the film, but she will suddenly ask you something about the film or share thoughts, and that’s it,” he said, implying that she’s constantly preparing in the back of her head.

Mentioning that acting has made him a better person, Fahadh said, “I am not saying that the characters I played or the films I did made me a better person; it is the process that did it. Earlier, I was very judgmental. Regardless of a person being right or wrong, I want to hear them out now.”