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Dhanush's foreign debut flick The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir bags an award at Barcelona Film Festival
Actor-Director-Producer Dhanush's Hollywood debut film The Extraordinary Journey of The Fakir has bagged an international award. Read to know more.
Actor-Director-Producer Dhanush made his debut in the West with the film The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir which is directed by Ken Scott. Dhanush plays a rural young Indian in the film and is on a journey across Europe and what transpires while he travel forms the story. Well, Dhanush has added another feather to his cap with his debut foreign film. The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir has bagged an international award. The film has won the Audience Award for Best Comedy at the Barcelona Sant-Jordi International Film Festival. The film that was screened last year in France is all set to release this year in India.
The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir will also have a Tamil version, which is titled as Vazhkaiya Thedi Naanum Ponaen. The film is based on a book of the same title The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir, which was released in 2014. The story is about a boy Ajatushatru, played by Dhanush, who is on a journey to find his missing father. The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir also stars Bérénice Bejo, Barkhad Abdi and Erin Moriarty in important roles.
Last year, during the premiere of the film in Paris, director Scott spoke about how working with actors from the different cultural background was inspirational. Sharing his experience, Scott said, “I fell in love with the project. Working with Dhanush and other actors from so many different cultures was truly inspiring. We shot in different countries — India, Italy, France, Libya. We wanted to impact these different countries to the main character. Very simply what I tried to do is to get the best out of each actor to find the right balance of drama and comedy.”
Meanwhile, Dhanush will be seen in the film of Vetrimaaran called Asuran.
