9 Instances When Fahadh Faasil Rose Above All Expectations

Even after being the son of one of the most accomplished filmmakers in Malayalam, having such a feeble debut would have ended his career for ever. But here also Fahadh proved that he is not like others. In 2009, he staged a comeback through one of the most unconventional movies in Malayalam. With his role in the ‘Mrityunjayam’ segment of ‘Kerala Café’, he made it clear that he is here for the long run. This is definitely one of the best comebacks in the history of Malayalam cinema.

Normality is to have a hero who has an astonishing look, in total. But Fahadh proved that one doesn’t need to be in the ‘ivy league’ of looks to be a hero. His appearance on the screen with near-to-zero makeup helped him in getting more fans. He perfectly suits the group of stars who are popular despite of their totally non-conventional looks.

Time and again stars have been seen blaming the movie’s crew or story of its failure. They never accept that the movie’s failure is also their responsibility. But, Fahadh is not like that. During the failures in his career, he has openly owned those failures. In fact, he even went on record to say that the biggest fault for his first movie's debacle was mainly because he wasn’t that serious about acting at that point of time.

Thanks to paparazzi, we come to know about the presumed love affairs of our stars. But rarely do they accept those rumours. But what Fahadh did, was something no one thought of. After his successful movie, ‘Annayum Rasoolum’ in 2013, Fahadh came out in open about his love for his female lead, Andrea Jeremiah. He stood on his word that he is in love with his on screen wife. Though, Andrea refuted it and made it clear that she is in no romantic affair with Fahadh, the actor won the hearts of many youngsters for showing the guts to openly accept his 'one-side' love.

Generally, parental generation consider the young generation as more inclined towards love marriage. And when it comes to the lives of stars, they are widely expected to have a love marriage. Here again, Fahadh went out of the norm and opted for an arranged marital relationship with Nazriya Nazim. He even openly announced that it was his parent’s choice and he is most happy with it. Another matter no one expected from Fahadh, especially after the “acceptance of love” episode, which wasn’t even a year old at the time of his marriage.

It is a time when stars keep special administrators for each of their accounts on the various social media platforms. But Fahadh went in the opposite direction. He is of the opinion that he isn’t fit to have an active social media presence like most of his other co-stars and that he totally doesn't understand the concept of it. Though he has a verified Facebook account, the actor is in the category of those stars, who are the least active on social media.

It was after 3 years of his comeback, Fahadh got his first big break. After having a critic’s favourite start in the comeback movie, Fahadh wasn’t able to register himself into the minds of general audience till ‘Chappa Kurishu’ in 2011. Interesting part of this movie is that, it was among those films which were classified as the new wave of present times in Malayalam cinema. It is hard for any star to get a big break in such a movie, but Fahadh again rose above all expectations and became one of the torch bearers of Genext in Malayalam cinema.

Very rarely you see a female oriented movie in our films. And even rarer is, such a film to have an actor who is at the top of his career, that too in an anti-hero role. Once again, with his role in ’22 Female Kottayam’, Fahadh proved that he is not one of the regular stars. Even after being the antagonist to Reema Kallingal, he was able to garner a lot of praise and thus securing his spot in the Malayalam film industry. Indeed a bold move.

After ‘Oru Indian Pranayakadha’ in 2013, Fahadh was striving for a solo big hit for almost three years. And again he got it through a movie which no one expected to be a hit, let alone a massive success. ‘Maheshinte Prethikaaram’ was the comeback that he was waiting for a long time. His portrayal of Mahesh struck the right chord with the audience and he once again proved that he is not just a star but also a brilliant performer.