The Hollywood Reporter India,<\/a> Riz spoke about his role, the character’s roots in Kerala, and the comparisons with Fahadh Faasil.<\/p>\nWhen asked how aware he was of the comparisons with Fahadh Faasil, he said, “Oh wow… It’s interesting because the reason I chose Kerala (as a place of origin) was because of the surname Ganesh and how that’s more common in South Indian immigrants as well, and how that can often get assigned as a family name amongst those communities.”<\/p>\n
“I also wanted the connection to the sea and that kind of stuff in his heritage, since he’s interested in the environment and the oceans.”<\/p>\n
“I’m not familiar with Fahadh Faasil’s films, but I’m going to make sure to check out his work now. I know that there’s such an incredible industry in South India with so many stars… I always want to kind of watch more movies from India and see what’s going on there,” he added while talking about Fahadh.<\/p>\n
In August 2025, Fahadh told Cue Studio that he had been in talks for a role in the filmmaker’s next project.<\/p>\n
“It was not like he rejected me, but it was the accent that he was concerned about. To perfect the accent, I was told to go to the US and stay there for three or four months. But they weren’t ready to pay for that. That’s why I skipped it. Otherwise, I would have gone running. The commercial aspects of it wouldn’t have worked out. I didn’t feel that kind of fire to do so much for my accent,” Fahadh said.<\/p>\n
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