Panchayat’s ‘Prahlad Cha’ used to sleep at the station once: used to put a lot of chilli in food so that stomach gets filled quickly; Broken by father’s death due to Covid

Prahlad Cha of ‘Panchayat’ i.e. Faisal Malik. This name has been in the news for the last few days. Why not, he has won everyone’s heart with his serious acting in the third season of ‘Panchayat’. Faisal Malik, who played a few minutes long role in a film like ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’, needs no introduction today. However, he has not climbed the ladder of success easily. He has had to struggle a lot for this. To know his struggle story, we reached his house in Yari Road, Andheri West, Mumbai. When we rang the doorbell, he opened the door. There was a hi-hello, he said that first have breakfast and then we will do the interview. Faisal said that he was waiting for us that when we come, we will have breakfast together. He made us sit at the dining table. There was a lot to eat so we did not understand where to start. One of my colleagues and two cameramen were also with me. I took a couple of sandwiches and drank a glass of watermelon juice. We got up after about 10 minutes. The cameraman put a mike on Faisal. After 5 minutes we started the interview. Faisal said that after coming to Mumbai he had the biggest problem with food and accommodation. He did not have money to eat. Somehow he managed to have one meal a day. He used to add lots of chillies to his food and drink many glasses of water so that he could fill his stomach with less food. Faisal told that before coming into films he was working as a video editor in a TV channel. He was made to work for 20-20 hours. Once he kept working despite breaking his leg. So let’s listen to Faisal’s story of struggle in his own words… He used to get beaten up by his family for watching films. Faisal Malik was born in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. Talking about his childhood days, Faisal said, ‘Like other children, my childhood was also normal. I never thought that I would become an actor when I grow up. Yes, I loved watching films, but my family members did not like this habit of mine at all. Due to this I used to watch films secretly. Many times I was caught for stealing and I was beaten up a lot. Even after getting beaten up many times, I did not stop watching movies.’ Faisal wanted to go to Mumbai and become an actor even before completing his graduation (B.Sc), but his family was against his decision. There was a lot of debate with the family about this. Then in this condition, his elder brother supported him and sent Faisal to his friend’s place in Mumbai. Later, his mother and father also started supporting him. After reaching Mumbai, he came to know what struggle is. Talking about this journey, Faisal says, ‘I came to Mumbai at the age of 22. I used to live in my brother’s friend’s house in BKC (an area of ​​Mumbai). Initially, everyone thinks that after coming to Mumbai, he will become the megastar Amitabh Bachchan. However, after living here, the reality is known. After reaching Mumbai, I started doing an acting course at Kishore Namit Kapoor Acting Institute. However, after 3 months, I realized that this easy-looking job is not easy at all. I had to make arrangements for everything from fees to accommodation and food. It did not seem right to ask for more money from home. Due to this I decided to do some work.’ The first salary was just 700 rupees per month Faisal told that when he came to Mumbai, his father used to send him monthly expenses, but Mumbai’s expenses were much higher than Allahabad. He did not want to be a burden on his father for a long time, so he started earning. He said, ‘First of all I worked as a tape login in Sahara India, which is usually done by interns. Here I got the lowest level job. During this work, I had to work hard for hours to extract certain types of visuals from hundreds of video tapes. Then after some time I started learning editing with the help of a friend at night. I learned the whole work in 2-3 months. One day I cut a promo myself, edited it and showed it to sir. He was very happy to see my work and instead of pasting tapes, I got the work of cutting promos. Talking about the first salary, I used to get 700 rupees per month, then 1300 rupees and later I started getting 3200 rupees per month. After working in Sahara, I also worked in Zee Cinema and Star One.’ When his leg broke after falling from 20 feet, Faisal told that he was very passionate about work. So much so that he used to work in the office for 5-6 days continuously. This passion of his proved to be fatal for him one day. This happened when he was working as an associate producer in a project. Here he had to work for 20-20 hours. One day he was working continuously for many hours. Then he went to a height of 20 feet and started watching the scene in the camera. He did not even remember that he was 20 feet above and suddenly fell down. His leg also broke in this accident. However, he did not let it affect his work. After going to the hospital and getting plaster applied, he again went to edit at night. He spent many nights without eating, had to sleep on the road and station. Like common strugglers, Faisal also had problems of food and accommodation in Mumbai. He said, ‘When there was a shortage of money, I used to spend the whole day without eating so that I could save money. I used to eat food with chillies and drink a lot of water. By doing this, I could get full with less food. I could not stay at my brother’s friend’s house for a long time. The situation was such that I had to spend many nights on the road. I had to sleep at stations as well. Anyway, all these things are very important in terms of experience.’ He was the line producer in ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’, got the role by chance After joining the editing field, Faisal had not thought of going into acting at all, but a coincidence introduced him to acting. Faisal says, ‘I was the line producer in Anurag Kashyap’s film ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’. A location was finalized with great difficulty for just 4 days of shooting in Allahabad. The person who was playing the character of Inspector Gopal Singh in the film did not come on the first day of shooting. Then I was asked to do this role. At first I thought it would be a role of 1-2 scenes, so I agreed. Later I came to know that this character has a long screen space. An interesting incident also happened that day. The person who was supposed to play this role was a little thinner than me. The production team had got the uniform stitched accordingly. If another uniform was arranged immediately, the shooting would have been delayed a lot. Out of helplessness, I somehow wore that uniform, but the pants got torn. It was stitched again, after which my shot was completed.’ Faisal told that after the film ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’, he used to get only the roles of police officers. He had also accepted one or two offers, but rejected most of them due to bad story. After this, Faisal was seen in 2-3 films and 4-5 series. He had to gain a lot of weight for the character of Prahlad Cha in ‘Panchayat’, then the ‘Panchayat’ series fell in Faisal’s lap, due to which he became famous as Prahlad Cha in every household. Faisal has left a different mark in the third season of ‘Panchayat’. The character of Prahlad Cha, who was fun-loving in the last two seasons, is going to make you cry in this season. Faisal told that the director of the series Deepak Kumar Mishra had written the character of Prahlad Cha keeping him in mind. In this way, he was the actor who was cast first for the series. The casting of all the others was done later. He has also transformed his body to fit into this role. About this, he said, ‘There was no makeup etc. I have gained a lot of weight for the role. I used to sleep only for two hours a day. Due to the change in sleep cycle, I gained a lot of weight. I also tried makeup etc., but it did not give that feel.’ He was heartbroken by the death of his father in Covid. In the third season of ‘Panchayat’, Faisal’s character is a little more serious than before. The reason is that in the second season, Faisal’s on-screen son dies. About this, he says, ‘Death is a bitter truth. This is bound to happen in everyone’s life at some point. My father passed away during Covid. My close friends also passed away. While shooting emotional scenes in ‘Panchayat’, I used to think of them. Perhaps because of this, acting felt quite natural. Whatever I have done, I have done it all by myself. Whatever was coming out of me, the same was visible on screen.’ While saying this, Faisal also got a little emotional. I also saw moisture in his eyes. Regarding upcoming projects, Faisal said that he will be seen in 3-4 films and 2-3 web series. This list includes the names of films like Jo Tera Hai Wo Mera, Sab First Class.

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