Akhil Sathyan, the son of Sathyan Anthikad, is well known to the Malayalees. With 12 years of film experience, Akhil stepped into Malayalam cinema by preparing the film Patchu and Miravala Vlakkum starring Fahadh Faasil. Akhil’s best friend and actor Fahadh Fazil played the role of Pachu in the film. But in an interview given by Akhil earlier, he openly said that it was actor Nivin Pauly who was supposed to play the role and rewrote the course of the film.
Akhil answered the presenter’s question, “There are many relationships that came through the father through the film. Who would have been patched up in the film if not for Fahad?” “Actually I first thought of the film for Nivin. Nivin is really the reason for Patchu’s story. Patch’s story happened on a random call. The first thing I told Niv was a family entertainer story. Nivin heard me and asked if we can grab something that is not family. From that there is a trigger first. Later, Nivin’s port became very busy with the shooting of the movie.
All your dates have clashed. Then I called Fahad once and talked to him casually. Fahadh is the one I am closest to, so at once I said Shaun, let’s do it. There was nothing wrong with you because you were busy with other things. That’s how Fahad becomes patchy” – says Akhil Sathyan. It was after Plus 2 that Akhil began to feel a desire for cinema. Sathyan Anthikad told his son that if he wanted to film, he could study with him. Akhil joined PG and after his studies joined Wipro.