Not since the ’80s has any actor’s face so perfectly reflected the desperation, narcissism and general weakness of patriarchy as eloquently as Faasil.
The thief in Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum (2017), the boyfriend in 22 Female Kottayam (2012), the doctor in Diamond Necklace (2012), and most recently, the family man of the critically-approved Kumbalangi Nights. And voila, he’s in the lead, at the centre of publicity posters, the football club ‘manager’ of Sudani From Nigeria, and Saji, the eldest of the ensemble family in Kumbalangi Nights.
It began with his breakthrough role as the PT teacher in Premam (2015), and then it was Crispin, the instigator of Maheshinte Prathikaaram (2016). He began as the supporting cast member you looked out for, the friend of the lead who made you laugh-the one you Googled after the film. He entered the industry as an assistant director, working with greats like Rajeev Ravi and Fazil, but it is as an actor that he made the audience fall in love with him. The actor-director is in the midst of a surge of storytelling that’s been years in the making. These days, Shahir is difficult to pin down.
Last year, trolls branded her ‘feminichi’ for her stand against misogynistic dialogues, but turning the supposed F-word insult around Parvathy had the word literally emblazoned on her handbag and, as they say, owned it! The wingman Savvy on social media, this founding member of the Women in Cinema Collective rarely avoids difficult questions posited by her 1.3 million-plus followers. Usually, multi-award-winning success sends actors into PR-controlled seclusion but she has picked the path of most resistance.
They all feed off good cinema, and it helped me become comfortable with taking risks and telling different kinds of stories,” says the actor, who’s also dabbled in Tamil and Kannada films. “I found a bunch of people inspiring each other to make different kinds of films. In her latest hit, Uyare, she plays a pilot and acid attack survivor the movie’s marketing placed her front and centre, using classic megastar tropes to present the story of a hero rather than a victim. Parvathy Thiruvothu is unlike any female actor in this industry-and the star we need today.
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