The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir

The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir
The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ken Scott
Written by	Romain Puertolas; Luc Bossi; Ken Scott;
Based on	The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir Who Got Trapped in an Ikea Wardrobe; by Romain Puertolas
Produced by	Luc Bossi; Jon Goldman; Saurabh Gupta; Aditi Anand; Gulzar Chahal; Grégoire Lassalle; Genevieve Lemal; Jaime Mateus-Tique;
Starring	Dhanush; Bérénice Bejo; Erin Moriarty; Barkhad Abdi; Gérard Jugnot; Ben Miller;
Cinematography	Vincent Mathias AFC
Edited by	Yvann Thibaudeau
Music by	Nicolas Errèra; Amit Trivedi
Production; companies	Brio Films; Vamonos Films; Scope Pictures; Little Red Car Films; TF1 Studio; Sony Pictures Entertainment France; Aleph Motion Pictures; M! Capital Ventures; Impact Films; RTBF; Digital District; Cactus World Films;
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Releasing (France); AA Films (India); Scope Pictures (Belgium);
Release dates	30 May 2018 (France and Belgium); 21 June 2019 (India);
Running time	92 minutes
Countries	France; India; Belgium;
Language	English
Budget	$20 million
Box office	$3.26 million

The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir is a 2018 adventure comedy film directed by Ken Scott and written by Scott, Romain Puertolas, and Luc Bossi. It is based on the French novel The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir Who Got Trapped in an Ikea Wardrobe by Puertolas. The film stars Dhanush in the lead role, with Bérénice Bejo, Erin Moriarty, Barkhad Abdi, Gérard Jugnot, and Ben Miller as the supporting cast. The premise follows a street magician from Mumbai who embarks on a global journey to find his father. The film was shot in India, Belgium, France and Italy. This film marked Dhanush's international debut.

The film released in France on 30 May 2018 and in India, USA, Canada, Singapore and Malaysia on 21 June 2019. Alongside the English original version, a subtitled French version and a Tamil dubbed version was released owing to the popularity of Dhanush.