The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir (2018)

Ajatashatru Lavash Patel has lived all his life in a small Mumbai neighborhood tricking people with street magic and fakir stunts. He sets out on a journey to find his estranged father, but instead gets dragged on a never-ending adventure.

Director:

Ken Scott

Writers:

Romain Puértolas (screenplay), Luc Bossi (screenplay)

Stars:

Dhanush, Bérénice Bejo, Erin Moriarty

1 win.

Cast

Credited cast:
Dhanush	...	Ajatashatru Lavash Patel
Bérénice Bejo	...	Nelly Marnay
Erin Moriarty	...	Marie
Barkhad Abdi	...	Wiraj
Gérard Jugnot	...	Gustave
Ben Miller	...	Officer Smith
Abel Jafri	...	Captain Fik
Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse	...	Rose
Kay Greidanus	...	Pieter
Amruta Sant	...	Siringh
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Seema Biswas
Christian Bronchart	...	Border Force Dancer
Stefano Cassetti	...	Alfredo
Uwamungu Cornelis	...	Baleki
Adonis Danieletto	...	Manager of the department store

Storyline

Ajatashatru Lavash Patel has lived all his life in a small Mumbai neighborhood tricking people with street magic and performing as a 'fakir' who can do impossible miracles. After his mother's untimely death, he sets out on a journey to find his father and rise from poverty.

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Plot Keywords:

singing on a truck | singing in a car | singing in a police station | based on a novel | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan]

Country:

France India Belgium Singapore USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 May 2018 (France)

Also Known As:

A Extraordinária Viagem do Faquir

Company Credits

Production Co:

Brio Films, Scope Pictures, Little Red Car Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

It is a Belgium - France - Canadian - Indian - Italien production.

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Goofs

On the Europe map shown when Aji is traveling, the capitol of Switzerland, Berne, is marked incorrectly. The red star labeled "Berne" actually is at the location of Zurich.

User Reviews

The writer was mugged, the film bares very little resemblance to the original

SPOILER: I was so looking forward to this film, I read the original story in French and laughed and cried all the way through it. Very very little of the original story is here. Marie wasn't a young American, she was an older French lady. In the book, the Gitan taxi community chased him mercilessly and resulted in the biggest comedy moments of the story, and the refugee story was more delicately and heart breakingly dealt with by Romain Puertolas. None of this was in the film. It was shamelessly hollywood-ised....Such a massive disappointment for what is a left of center fantasy based story. The phrase "Loosely based on the book" applies here...read only a nod to the original story.