{"id":287191,"date":"2026-09-16T09:34:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T09:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/287191\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T09:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T09:34:12","slug":"fahadh-faasil-praises-nivin-pauly-and-girish-ad-as-bethlehem-kudumba-unit-crosses-rs-300-crore-worldwide-says-good-and-fresh-content-will-always-work-what-a-wonderful-hon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/287191\/","title":{"rendered":"Fahadh Faasil praises Nivin Pauly and Girish AD as Bethlehem Kudumba Unit crosses Rs 300 crore worldwide, says \u2018Good and fresh content will always work\u2019: \u2018What a wonderful, honest script\u2019 |"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Fahadh Nivin Pauly<\/a>\u2019s latest romance drama \u2018Bethlehem Kudumba Unit\u2019 also starring Mamitha Baiju has become the highest-grossing Malayalam film of all time minting more Rs 300 crore worldwide and leaving the 2025 Malayalam blockbuster \u2018Lokah\u2019 behind. Backed by renowned actor Fahadh Faasil<\/a>, he recently shared his joy on seeing the film experience such box office glory and talked about choosing to produce \u201cmeaningful and fresh\u201d films.<\/p>\n

Fahadh Faasil reacts to \u2018Bethlehem Kudumba Unit\u2019 success<\/p>\n

Speaking to Variety India, Fahadh expressed his happiness over the film\u2019s success and credited the entire team. He said, \u201cThanks. I\u2019m so happy, as it means a lot to Bhavana Studios, along with my partners Dileesh Pothan and Syam Pushkaran, and, majorly, to director Girish AD<\/a>, Nivin Pauly, Mamitha Baiju and the entire team of the film.\u201dThe \u2018Pushpa\u2019 actor further said he was happy to see \u2018BKU\u2019 become the biggest hit for Bhavana Studios so far. He also spoke about the production house\u2019s approach to films. \u201cAs a producer, I\u2019m glad to see that \u2018BKU\u2019 worked big-time with audiences and that it is our biggest hit so far. At Bhavana Studios, we believe in choosing meaningful stories, supporting fresh ideas and giving the product the correct platform,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Fahadh praises Nivin Pauly and Girish AD<\/p>\n

Fafa gave major credit to director Girish AD and actor Nivin Pauly. He praised the script and said several elements of the film worked well with the audience. He said, \u201cI believe good and fresh content will always work. All credit goes to the entire team, especially director Girish AD and Nivin Pauly. What a wonderful, honest script \u2014 the age-gap romance, the packaging, the humor\u2026 everything landed perfectly.\u201dHe further shared that the film had the perfect release date during the Onam holidays.Speaking of \u2018Bethlehem Kudumba Unit\u2019, the film performed tremendously well overseas. According to trade analyst Sacnilk, it collected Rs 310.55 crore globally. In 26 days, the total net collection in India stands at Rs 149.90 crore.<\/p>\n

Fahadh Faasil\u2019s next films<\/p>\n

Speaking of Fahadh Faasil\u2019s upcoming work, he will mark his Telugu debut in a leading role with, \u2018Don\u2019t Trouble The Trouble\u2019, a fantasy drama with Baby Sara Palekar. Directed by Shashank Yeleti it is presented by SS Rajamouli. The film is scheduled to release on October 2.He also has an untitled Tamil thriller with director Prem Kumar, known for \u201896\u2019 and \u2018Meiyazhagan\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nivin Pauly\u2019s latest romance drama \u2018Bethlehem Kudumba Unit\u2019 also starring Mamitha Baiju has become the highest-grossing Malayalam film…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287192,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,3060,154,94691,119543,39179,3061,116789,23945,3059],"class_list":["post-287191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-kudumba-unit","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-box-office","tag-fahadh","tag-fahadh-faasil","tag-girish-ad","tag-highest-grossing-malayalam-film","tag-malayalam-cinema","tag-nivin-pauly"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}