Dhanush finally drops the trailer of his much awaited international project, The Extraordinary Journey Of The Fakir on his social media handle.
When the chance is definitely not of your side and you go where life takes you and that is the magical and beautiful story of “The Extraordinary Journey Of The Fakir” – the trailer of the film is out, starring Dhanush, Berenice Bejo, Erin Moriarty, Barkhad Abdi, Ben Miller, Gerard Jugnot, Amruta Sant and Hearty Singh.
Dhanush dropped the trailer on his twitter profile. He captioned it, “For my fans, The Fakir comes home! Presenting the Trailer of #TheExtraordinaryJourneyOfTheFakir #TEJOTFtrailer #Pakkiri @kenscottfakir @berenicebejo @erinmoriarty_ @RealBarkhad @FakirOfficial @MCapitalVenture @GRfilmssg @ZeeMusicCompany @LRCF6204”
Directed by Ken Scott, the film chronicles the life of Ajatashatru “Aja” Lavash Patel (Dhanush), who has lived all his life in a small Mumbai neighborhood, is a street magician and trickster who makes people into believing that 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 (Erin Moriarty) in a furniture store 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 to London, England, then a Louis Vuitton suitcase to Rome, Italy, and a hot air balloon to Tripoli, Libya, while being pursued by Parisian taxi-driver Gustave Palourde (Gérard Jugnot), whom he swindled out of a cab fare back in Paris. Along the way, he befriends a Sudanese man named Wiraj (Barkhad Abdi), an illegal immigrant whom he met on the way to London.
The film releases on 21st June 2019.
