‘Extraordinary Journey Of the Fakir Who Got Trapped In The Ikea Cupboard’.

By Sreekanth A Nair

Following the path of actors like Amitabh Bachchan, Irfan Khan, Om Puri and Naseeruddin Shah, south Indian superstar Dhanush will debut in a Hollywood film.

Dhanush will make his debut in Hollywood with the ‘Extraordinary Journey Of the Fakir Who Got Trapped In The Ikea Cupboard’ to be directed by Iranian-French director Marjane Satrapi, said reports. His will play the lead role along with ‘Kill Bill’ star Uma Thurman.

“As I was watching various Indian movies, Dhanush became the most obvious choice — his intelligence, his killer smile, his ability to enter fully into the skin of any character he played (and I can go on and on forever) made me confident that he was the one,” Satrapi was quoted as saying by The Times of India.

The film, which will be shot in Paris, Rome, Jodhpur and Casablanca, will also feature Alexandra Daddario, Barkhad Abdi and Laurent Lafitte.

“I am very excited by this opportunity to work in a full-length Hollywood film – The Extraordinary Journey Of the Fakir Who Got Trapped In The Ikea Cupboard for the first time. The director Marjane Satrapi felt I would be apt for this role and I feel there are many facets I can explore for this character,” Dhanush said in a statement.

The actor is currently busy with the shooting of Tamil films Kodi and Vada Chennai. He will be joining the team of Satrapi after completing his commitments. The shooting of the film will begin in June.

“The Extraordinary Journey of The Fakir” is a comedy adventure tale based on Romain Puertolas’s bestselling debut novel “The Extraordinary Journey of The Fakir Who Got Trapped In An Ikea Wardrobe” which came out in 2014 and has been translated into 35 languages.

The novel relates the pilgrimage of a con man from India to an IKEA in Paris which turns into a philosophical odyssey.

The film will follow his journey from New Delhi to Paris where he falls in love with a woman and accidentally gets deported along with a band of African refugees to the far corners of Europe against his will.