Fahadh Faasil: 'Malayalam Cinema Of The 80s Influenced Me A Lot'

Fahadh Faasil is unarguably one of the finest talents of the contemporary Malayalam cinema. The actor, who strongly believes that his films should speak for him, rarely gives interviews. However, Fahadh Faasil recently had an exclusive chat with one of the leading entertainment online portals of India, and revealed his unseen side.

In the interview, the Trance actor opened up about the actors and films that influenced him to become the actor he is. Interestingly, Fahadh Faasil revealed that the Malayalam cinema of the 1980s has a great influence on him. The actor stated that the actors and films from the Malayalam film industry of the 80s were way ahead their time.

Fahadh Faasil also stated that he is greatly influenced by the films of the legendary directors Padmarajan and Bharathan. When it comes to the actors, the National award-winner consider the superstars Mammootty and Mohanlal, veteran actors Thilakan, and Nedumudi Venu, the finest among the lot.

In the interview, Fahadh Faasil also picked his favourite performances by the above-mentioned actors. The Malik actor picked Mohanlal and Thilakan's performances from Kireedam, Mammootty's performances in New Delhi and Thaniyavarthanam, and Nedumudi Venu's performance in Dhanam as his favourites from the Malayalam cinema of the 1980s.

Coming to his career, Fahadh Faasil will be next seen on the silver screen in the highly anticipated upcoming Mahesh Narayanan directorial, Malik. The actor is appearing as the titular character Sulaiman Malik in the movie, which is said to be a period thriller based on real-life incidents. The movie will hit the theaters once the lockdown ends.

The actor is currently working on the upcoming experimental project directed by Mahesh Narayanan. The movie, which is reportedly titled as See You Soon, is completely shot on iPhone. Fahadh Faasil has a few more highly promising projects in the pipeline including crime thriller Thankam and untitled project directed by newcomer Akhil Sathyan.

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