Fahadh Faasil, born 8 August 1982 in Alappuzha, Kerala, is one of the most acclaimed contemporary Malayalam character actors — known for Kumbalangi Nights (2019), Joji (2021), Malik (2021), Mahaveeryar (2022), and his pan-Indian breakthrough as the antagonist Bhanwar Singh Shekawat in the Pushpa franchise (2021, 2024).

His Parents

Father: Fazil, born 25 March 1953 — major Malayalam film director (Manichithrathazhu, 1993; Aniyathipravu, 1997).

Mother: Rosina Fazil.

His Siblings

Anwar Rasheed, born 1971 — brother-in-law (married to Fahadh's sister); Malayalam director-producer (Bangalore Days, 2014).

Fahadh has two sisters: Rashida and Asma.

His Wife: Nazriya Nazim

Nazriya Nazim Fahadh, born 20 December 1994, is a Malayalam-and-Tamil actress (Bangalore Days, Premam, Ohm Shanthi Oshaana, Ranga Pranayam). She and Fahadh married on 21 August 2014.

Their Children

The couple welcomed their first child in March 2024.

The Faasil Family Tree at a Glance

Father: Fazil (b. 25 March 1953) — Malayalam director.

Mother: Rosina Fazil.

Sisters: Rashida; Asma.

Brother-in-Law: Anwar Rasheed (b. 1971) — Malayalam director-producer.

Wife: Nazriya Nazim (b. 20 December 1994); married 21 August 2014.

Children: First child (b. March 2024).

Fahadh Faasil:

  • Born 8 August 1982, Alappuzha, Kerala
  • Loyola School, Sreekariyam, Trivandrum
  • Sacred Heart College, Thevara, Kochi (B.Com)
  • University of San Francisco (MA Film Direction)
  • Malayalam debut: Kaiyethum Doorath (2002) — a flop directed by his father
  • Re-debut as adult lead: Chaappa Kurish (2011)
  • Notable films: 22 Female Kottayam (2012), Bangalore Days (2014), Maheshinte Prathikaaram (2016), Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum (2017), Kumbalangi Nights (2019), Joji (2021), Malik (2021), Pushpa: The Rise (2021), Maamannan (2023), Pushpa 2: The Rule (2024), Aavesham (2024)
  • 5-time Kerala State Film Award winner

What the Faasil Family Story Teaches Us

A Malayalam-director father. A homemaker mother. Two sisters and a major-director brother-in-law. A wife who is herself a successful Malayalam-and-Tamil actress. A first child born after a decade of marriage. A career that took eight years between a 2002 flop debut as a teenager and a 2011 adult re-debut.

For every family — large or small, famous or otherwise — the Fahadh story carries the same lesson. Sometimes a person needs to leave the family business briefly and return. Fahadh went to USF for film studies and lived in San Francisco before returning to Kerala cinema as a different actor than he had been at 19. Write down the away periods. They are part of how careers find themselves.

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