Fahadh Faasil attempts something new in Trance

particular, has had its fair share of miracle faith healers, and cult leaders.

Penned by newbie screenwriter Vincent Vadakkan, Anwar Rasheed’s Trance has left audiences in Kerala ‘pretty much in a state of trance.’ A small-time motivational speaker from Kanyakumari transforms into a miracle faith healer following some personal setbacks. Charming and hysterical all at once, Fahadh Faasil is being hailed for his fanatical performance in the movie.

Starring the very intense Faasil and Nazriya Nazim in lead roles, critics are calling Trance a very bold, one-ofa-kind Malayalam movie. “Trance is definitely a new attempt in all dynamics. There is so much layering in his narrative. I believe only Anwar Rasheed could’ve done this,” Fahadh told City Times in an interview ahead of the movie’s release in the UAE today.

Following immense production and release date delays, Trance released to much fanfare in Kerala on February 20. Here are excerpts from our interview with Fahadh:

Trance is Vincent Vadakkan’s first movie as a writer and we heard that you were convinced about the script from the very beginning. What made you give this movie a shot?

The idea was to explore human dependency on drugs (anti-depressants) and religion. It sounded very fresh to me. I met Vincent with the script roughly seven years back. And I had left it as I couldn’t convince anyone to fund me. Later on, Anwar Rasheed came in and things started falling into place. The script was completely re-worked, and eventually,