By the numbers
- Films: 59 since 2002; 30 in the last ten years (cameos and guest appearances not counted)
- Recent films with figures: 5 of 14 since 2021
- Hits: 3 (2 blockbusters), average: 0, flops: 2 – a hit rate of 60%
- Average return: 2.38x budget; best: Aavesham 5.17x; weakest: Patriot 0.57x
- Biggest hit: Vikram (2022), ₹424 cr
- Born: 1982-08-08
- Awards on Wikidata: 2
| Year | Film | Budget | Box office | Return | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Patriot | ₹140 cr | ₹80 cr | 0.57x | Flop |
| 2025 | Odum Kuthira Chaadum Kuthira | – | – | – | No figures |
| 2025 | Maareesan | – | – | – | No figures |
| 2024 | Bougainvillea | ₹20 cr | ₹36 cr | 1.80x | Hit |
| 2024 | Vettaiyan | ₹300 cr | ₹250 cr | 0.83x | Flop |
| 2024 | Aavesham | ₹30 cr | ₹155 cr | 5.17x | Blockbuster |
| 2023 | Maamannan | – | ₹52 cr | – | No figures |
| 2023 | Dhoomam | – | ₹2.2 cr | – | No figures |
| 2023 | Pachuvum Athbutha Vilakkum | – | ₹17 cr | – | No figures |
| 2022 | Malayankunju | – | – | – | No figures |
| 2022 | Vikram | ₹120 cr | ₹424 cr | 3.53x | Blockbuster |
| 2021 | Malik | ₹27 cr | – | – | No figures |
| 2021 | Joji | – | – | – | No figures |
| 2021 | Irul | – | – | – | No figures |
Fahadh Faasil’s filmography page lists 59 films from a 2002 debut through 2026; 30 fall in the last decade. Yet the scorecard in the table above is built on a smaller base: only five recent titles carry both budget and gross. As of 27 September 2026, that makes the numbers a useful but incomplete benchmark for planners tracking crossover stars.
What the numbers say
The record is positive on a thin sample. The page reports three hits and two blockbusters against two flops, a 60 percent hit rate. Across the five titles with full budget-and-gross data, the average return multiple is 2.38. The gross figures in the table above total 1,016.5 crore. The headline is not that Fahadh Faasil is a guaranteed opener; it is that his reported returns are real but lumpy.
The hits and the misses
The biggest hit in the table above is Vikram: a 120 crore budget against 424 crore gross, a 3.53 multiple and a blockbuster verdict. The best return is Aavesham: 30 crore budget, 155 crore gross, 5.17 multiple, also a blockbuster. The weakest return is Patriot: 140 crore budget and 80 crore gross, a 0.57 multiple and a flop. Vettaiyan sits as the other expensive miss: 300 crore budget, 250 crore gross, 0.83 multiple. The gap between Aavesham’s 5.17 and Patriot’s 0.57 is the actual risk band for this actor.
The trend
The recent five data-backed titles average a 2.38 multiple. The five before them offer no comparable figure; the page carries no previous-five average, so a clean trend cannot be drawn. What the table above shows instead is variance. Aavesham’s 5.17 blockbuster and Bougainvillea’s 1.8 hit sit alongside Vettaiyan’s 0.83 flop and Patriot’s 0.57 flop. Many other titles in the table carry no budget, gross, or verdict, which should keep planners from treating the 60 percent hit rate as a full record.
What it means for the actor’s next film and the industry
For the next Fahadh Faasil film, the numbers argue for pricing his presence against the return multiple, not his name alone. The same actor appears in the best multiple and the worst multiple of the reported slate. For the industry, that is a crossover-casting lesson: a pan-Indian name can widen the range of outcomes, not narrow it. The safer way to read the record is to underwrite the downside of a Patriot-scale swing and cap the upside expectation at Aavesham-scale returns, then ask whether the film’s budget survives that band.
Figures: Fahadh Faasil filmography on Wikipedia and each film’s page, read on 27 September 2026.
