Kochi: Young director Vivek says that the name of the director whose first film failed has hurt him a lot in his career. Vivek says that he announced a romantic film with Fahadh Fazil in 2018 but had to abandon the project due to some reasons after the shooting started and when the film stalled, he had to listen to criticism including that he did not know the direction.
Vivek’s words are as follows;
The squirrel never looks at me and the child, the squirrel only thinks of his wife and children
Although the announced film with Fahad did not happen, it was confirmed that the first film should be with the actor. Then ‘Athiran’ happens. Dates of Fahadh Faasil and Sai Pallavi have been secured but the director who failed the first film put the producers back. Fahad called. So went directly to meet him. Fahad said the first one is gone, you throw away the old thing, let’s do another film. I hesitated but had full support from Fahad.
Then the trouble was to get the producer. The fact that the director, whose first film stalled despite getting dates for Fahadh and Sai Pallavi, turned many away. Finally, Raju Mathew of Century Films, whom I know closely, decided to produce the film.