Dhanush’s debut in English films was with ‘The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir’ which was directed by Ken Scott. The film was a 2018 comedy-adventure film, which opened up to positive reviews across the globe.
The film had received various awards and the highly appreciated film has won several hearts too which has led to the latest addition - the audience award for Best Comedy at the Barcelona Sant-Jordi International Film Festival.
‘The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir’ is all about a fakir who tricks his villagers in Rajasthan, India into believing his special powers and into paying him to fly to Paris to buy a bed of nails from an IKEA store. The film premiered in France on 18 May 2018.