The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir

The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir
Directed by Ken Scott
Produced by Luc Bossi
Jon Goldman
Saurabh Gupta
Aditi Anand
Gulzar Chahal
Based on The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir Who Got Trapped in an Ikea Wardrobe
by Romain Puertolas
Starring Dhanush
Bérénice Bejo
Erin Moriarty
Barkhad Abdi
Gérard Jugnot
Music by Nicolas Errèra
Amit Trivedi
Cinematography Vincent Mathias
Distributed by Sony Pictures
Release date
  • 30 May 2018 (2018-05-30)
Country France
Language English
French
Budget $20 million[1]
Box office $1,672,080[2]

The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir is a French English-language comedy-adventure film directed by Ken Scott and starring Dhanush. It is based on a novel by Romain Puertolas titled The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir Who Got Trapped in an Ikea Wardrobe. The film was shot in four countries: India, France, Italy, and Libya. The film will be dubbed in Tamil as Vazhkaiya Thedi Naanum Poren, which was inspired by the first line of Velaiilla Pattadhari's song "Udhungada Sangu".[3][4][5]

Plot

Ajatashatru Lavash Patel, who has lived all his life in a small Mumbai neighborhood, is a street magician and trickster who makes people into believing he possesses special magic powers. After his mother's untimely death, he sets off on a journey to find his estranged father in Paris with a fake EUR 100 note. There he meets a woman named Marie Riviere whom he initially swindles, but is quickly attracted to her personality. Aja then experiences a series of wide-ranging adventures around the world, initially in an IKEA wardrobe, then a Louis Vuitton suitcase, and a hot air balloon to Tripoli, Libya, while being pursued by Parisian taxi-driver Gustave Palourde whom he swindled out of a cab fare back in Paris and who wants to stab him. Along the way, he befriends a Sudanese man named Wiraj, an illegal immigrant whom he meets in a vegetable lorry.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/extraordinary-journey-fakir-1117222
  2. ↑ https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Extraordinary-Journey-of-the-Fakir-The#tab=summary
  3. ↑ "CCannes 2018: Dhanush Walks The Red Carpet To Promote International Flick Fakir". Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  4. ↑ Keslassy, Elsa (2017-11-01). "Ken Scott's 'The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir' Lures Flurry of Buyers (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  5. ↑ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/tamil-version-of-dhanushs-the-extraordinary-journey-of-the-fakir-to-release-in-july/articleshow/64221889.cms
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