The Fakir of Venice

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The Fakir of Venice
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Directed byAnand Surapur
Screenplay byRajesh Devraj
Story by Homi Adajania
Produced byPunit Desai
Anand Surapur
Starring Farhan Akhtar
Annu Kapoor
Kamal Sidhu
CinematographyDeepti Gupta
Preetha Jayaraman
Bakul Sharma
Edited byBunty Nagi
Music by A. R. Rahman
Production
companies
October Films
Phat Phish Motion Pictures
Distributed byPhat Phish Motion Pictures
Release dates
  • April 2009 (2009-04)(Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles)
  • 8 February 2019 (2019-02-08)
Running time
98 mins [1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Box officeest.₹0.20 crore [2]

The Fakir of Venice is a 2019 Hindi-language comedy drama film directed by Anand Surapur. The film stars Farhan Akhtar, Annu Kapoor and Kamal Sidhu in the lead roles and is written by Rajesh Devraj with a story from Homi Adajania. It was presented as Opening Night Film in April 2009 at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles. It was released on 8 February 2019, 10 years after its premiere. [3] The film's release was halted for ten years due to production related issues and was Akhtar's first acting role. [4] The music is composed by A. R. Rahman. [5]

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Cast

Music

Songs and the background score for the film have been composed by A. R. Rahman. [6]

The Fakir of Venice
Soundtrack album by
A. R. Rahman
Genre Feature film soundtrack
LanguageHindi
Label October Films
Producer A. R. Rahman
Tracklist
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Wako Naam Fakir"Sant Kabir A. R. Rahman, Arjun Chandy & Abhay Jodhpurkar 03:28
2."Fakir"Sant Kabir Shreya Ghoshal 04:01

Marketing and release

The official trailer of the film was launched on 2 January 2019. [7]

Release

The film was scheduled to be released on 1 February 2019, ten years after its premiere at Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles 2009. The film was released on 8 February 2019.

Reception

Critical response

The film has received mixed reviews. Isha Arora of TIMC giving seven stars out of ten to the film says "Surapur's directorial is a well-thought and shot movie and the brilliant performances by the two lead actors will win everyone's heart. We wish that The Fakir of Venice could have been released on the silver screen, much sooner but it's definitely worth a watch." [8] Reza Noorani of The Times of India rates the film two and half out of five stars and writes "While the first half meanders and stretches on, it is in the second half when the film finds its groove. At 1 hour and 38 minutes, the film still feels a bit long. Had the makers worked on the screenplay and made it a tad more complex, it would have been a great film on how, people from different classes, connect with each other and posed bigger questions on mortality and the nature of death. But it falls short of that and ends up being a weak, sideshow at some European art fair." [9]

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