On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 60% based on 30 reviews, with an average rating of 5.3/10. Yearīarcelona Sant-Jordi International Film Festival The film won two international awards: in 2018 it won in Norwegian International Film Festival the Ray of Sunshine Award and in 2019 in Barcelona Sant-Jordi International Film Festival, it won an award for Best Comedy. The chorus singers are Rajiv Sundaresan and Suhas Sawant in the song The music of the songs is composed by Amit Trivedi, with lyrics by Anvita Dutt. Soundtrack The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir The film was made available to stream on Amazon Prime Video. The makers had previously considered the title Vaazhkaiyai Thedi Naanum Poren for the dubbed version. The film was also dubbed in Tamil as Pakkiri benefiting off Dhanush's popularity. The film was released in India, USA, Canada, UK, Singapore and Malaysia on 21 June 2019. The Extraordinary Journey of The Fakir released on in France. It fetched more than 5 million views since its release on YouTube. For release in India the official trailer was launched on 3 June 2019 by Zee Music Company. The film trailer for Australia was launched in August 2018 by Icon Films Australia & New Zealand on YouTube. In its first schedule the principal photography took place in India, Brussels, Paris and Rome.
Thurman's role was given to French actress Bérénice Bejo. However, the director left the project and was replaced by Canadian director Ken Scott. The film was launched in January 2016 with Iranian director Marjane Satrapi and actors Dhanush, Uma Thurman, and Alexandra Daddario in the lead roles. Dhanush as Ajatashatru "Aja" Lavash Patel.
Just before the movie ends, one of Aja's friend ask "Was that a true story?" and then Aja replies "Only the important parts.". He then offers those kids to be pardoned for the four year custody if they attend Aja's school daily, which they agree to. And with this he ends his story to the three kids. One day Marie comes to the school and tells Aja that she has left her fiance, and then they kiss. He comes back to India and starts working as a teacher in school. But before going to India he goes to Paris where he meets Marie, who is now dating another guy.
He has just enough money for a fake passport and ticket to India. In the refugee camp where Wiraj lives, he distributes all the money to the people in the camp. Together with Wiraj and group of other friends he gets back the money. In Libya, he meets a Somali man named Wiraj ( Barkhad Abdi), an illegal immigrant whom he met on the way to London. In the ship, he gets robbed the money he earned by selling the shirt on which he wrote an emotional incident from his childhood.
Aja then experiences a series of wide-ranging adventures around the world, initially in an IKEA wardrobe to London, England, then a Louis Vuitton suitcase to Rome, Italy, and a hot air balloon to a ship heading to Tripoli, Libya. There, he meets a woman named Marie Riviere ( Erin Moriarty) in a furniture store whom he initially swindles, but is quickly attracted to her personality. He narrates his story to three kids caught by police and are now going for a four year judicial custody.Īfter his mother's untimely death, he sets off on a journey to find his estranged father in Paris with a fake EUR 100 note. Ajatashatru "Aja" Lavash Patel ( Dhanush), who has lived all his life in a small Mumbai neighborhood, is a street magician and trickster who tricks people into believing that he possesses special magic powers.