Fahadh Faasil on digital launch of Malik: ‘Request everyone to see it in the best interest of the film’

Malayalam actor Fahadh Faasil on Wednesday opened up concerning the workforce’s choice to bypass the theatrical route for the upcoming “ambitious” undertaking Malik. He stated that although the movie was made for the massive display screen expertise, present circumstances as a result of pandemic left the workforce with little selection.
Fahadh’s assertion comes days after producer Anto Joseph introduced that Malik would premiere on a streaming platform. In a protracted word on his Facebook web page, Fahadh stated the choice to skip the theatrical route hasn’t been a simple one to make as Malik was the one movie “I had ready when theatres would open to 100%.”
The word learn, “With a heavy heart, the director, the producer, all the technicians and rest of us cast have opted for an OTT release for our very ambitious project, Malik. Each and everyone associated with Malik has put in over a years time to bring this project together. Unlike my recent OTT releases which were planned for home viewing right from the beginning, Malik was designed for a theatrical experience and it was the only film I had ready when theatres would open to 100%. The decision has been collective and I personally request everyone to see it in the best interest of the film. In all honesty I cannot wait for the theatres to regain normalcy but today every individual is fighting to regain normalcy in their respective space. At this point all that I can take responsibility is for an absolute fresh theatrical experience when I see you all in theatres next.”
Malik’s digital launch comes within the wake of Fahadh’s different OTT releases together with C U Soon, Irul and Joji. The distinction, nonetheless, is that they had been made conserving in thoughts a direct-to-OTT launch.

Besides Malik, Fahadh Faasil additionally spoke intimately about his damage sustained on the units of Malayankunju earlier this 12 months that has left him with “three evident stitch marks on my nose.” The actor stated that his “lockdown” started manner earlier than it did for the remainder of the nation as he had been present process restoration since March 2.
“This may not be an appropriate time to write midst a life threatening pandemic. Let me begin with the hope that all of us are fighting things the best way we can, now and ahead. I was also under going recovery from my accident I had during Malayankunju. So, in my calendar the lock down started from March 2. My doctors said it was ‘Close’. As a defence mechanism my hands touched the ground before my face, which in 80% of the cases victims fail to do because of the trauma and depth of the fall. I was lucky I didn’t loose my presence of mind, my doctor added. There again, I was lucky with life for the Nth time,” Fahadh stated.
Among the a number of elements of his skilled and private life that he addressed within the word, the one side that has left everybody shocked is his willingness to open up about his relationship with spouse Nazriya Nazim. Fahadh has till now remained fiercely non-public about his marital life. The solely glimpse of his relationship with Nazriya that followers get is courtesy her Instagram posts.

Fahadh started by sharing how he fell “head over heels” for Nazriya after they labored collectively for the primary time in director Anjali Menon’s 2014 movie Bangalore Days, through which they, curiously, performed a married couple.
“7 years of Bangalore days bring back so many good memories. Falling head over heels for Nazriya, beginning of my journey with her. I asked her out over a handwritten letter and slipped a ring along. She didn’t say yes. But she didn’t say NO either!! I shot Bangalore days along with two other films. It’s just suicidal to shoot three films at a time. I used to look forward to return to shoot Bangalore days,” the actor talked about within the word. Fahadh revealed he saved “fluctuating”, and it was Nazriya’s perseverance that lastly introduced them collectively. “I loved being around Nazriya. But my thoughts were random. I don’t know if it sounds well now, but at that point, there was a lot Nazriya had to give up choosing me. It absolutely worried me and I kept fluctuating. It’s just when I thought it was all going to be over because I am not strong enough she said, ‘Hello, method actor, who do you think you are? It’s just one simple life. pack your bags with everyone and everything you need.’”
Fahadh Faasil and Nazriya Nazim in Bangalore Days.
The couple has now been married for seven years. They just lately shared display screen house within the acclaimed 2020 movie Trance. They have additionally been producing companions on Kumblangi Nights (2019) and C U Soon (2020), each starring Fahadh. The actor stated him and Nazriya are a pair, who “work together and spoil each other.” “Even now when I leave the TV remote in the bathroom, she asks with the same conviction, ‘Who do you think you are?’ 7 years of Bangalore days have given me a bit more than what I deserve. We work together. We spoil each other. We back each other. We are a team no matter what.”
Fahadh Faasil additionally believes all the great issues in his life are courtesy Nazriya Nazim. “Pretty much all my small achievements are after I started sharing my life with Nazriya. I know for sure I didn’t do any of this alone. I wonder what my life would have been if Nazriya didn’t feel strong about us.”
As he opened up about his previous, Fahadh additionally drifted in the direction of a troublesome time in his life — after the discharge of his debut movie Kaiyethum Doorath in 2002 — when he was written off owing to the movie’s poor efficiency and went to the US to pursue philosophy.
“I have discussed my engineering college dropout story earlier in a couple of my interviews. In America, you cannot shift majors after first two years of school or else it meant your financial aid being withdrawn. So after my second year, my advisor called me in for a counselling session as my grades were falling crazy. During the session, I somehow gathered courage to admit that I am a failed actor/individual who has been running away from my own and measurements is the last thing I want to do with my life. My advisor took the initiative to write to my dean and I was shifted to the arts school. Six years in America and when I returned home without a degree, the only thing I felt good about was the fact that, since I don’t have a degree I could start anywhere,” Fahadh stated.
Towards the tip, the Joji star wrote that each one the skilled and private conflicts in his life have by some means at all times marked the start of one thing novel and life-changing. And therefore, he believed the difficult time that the nation was witnessing as a result of coronavirus pandemic would additionally result in a brighter daybreak, ultimately.
“As a child who fancied stories then and as a storyteller now, I was and am excited about how a story ends. All these instances at some point looked like an ending to the story I was living. But then it has not ended yet. I have come out of it with scars and stars. All endings are beautiful beginnings to another story. Sometimes your own or you are a part of someone else’s story. But remember we all have a part to play. This indeed is a difficult time for all of us. This too will soon end for a new beginning,” the actor concluded.