Farhan Akhtar’s debut movie as an actor, though it released as his third film after Rock On!! And Luck By Chance was The Fakir of Venice. Subhash K Jha takes a look back at the 2009 film.
In his first acting assignment, Farhan Akhtar is splendidly in form as a bit of a jerk. He plays a production controller who can arrange anything a film crew wants, from a monkey performing tricks to an exotic fakir performing monkey tricks.
Adi is okay with supplying anything as long as he gets paid.
The monkey and the monkey tricks are aptly equated in the hugely original, ferociously flawed script (Rajesh Devraj). When Adi is asked by a museum in Venice to produce a fakir who can bury himself completely in the sand for hours, the narrative brings into play the crass touristic culture of peddling exotica to the West.
Annu Kapoor, in...
In his first acting assignment, Farhan Akhtar is splendidly in form as a bit of a jerk. He plays a production controller who can arrange anything a film crew wants, from a monkey performing tricks to an exotic fakir performing monkey tricks.
Adi is okay with supplying anything as long as he gets paid.
The monkey and the monkey tricks are aptly equated in the hugely original, ferociously flawed script (Rajesh Devraj). When Adi is asked by a museum in Venice to produce a fakir who can bury himself completely in the sand for hours, the narrative brings into play the crass touristic culture of peddling exotica to the West.
Annu Kapoor, in...
- 2/8/2025
- by Subhash K Jha
- Bollyspice
The prestigious London Indian Film Festival is ready to once again showcase outstanding films in its Autumn programme. This extraordinary festival, running from 25th October to 4th November, will feature incredible films with many Indian and South Asian premieres, as well as classic movies and even a first web series preview. Plus, so much more!
The festival is expanding and bringing even more excellence with screenings and special events in 5 different locations, including London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, and Bradford.
Berlin
It starts in London with the European premiere of the fast-paced whodunnit espionage drama Berlin. From writer and director Atul Sabharwal, this compelling spy thriller stars Aparshakti Khurana (Jubilee) as a young sign language teacher lured into the dark world of espionage. Undercover security forces coerce him to interrogate a young deaf man, powerfully played by Ishwak Singh (Rocket Boys), accused of spying. Veteran actor Kabir Bedi also features in a commanding cameo.
The festival is expanding and bringing even more excellence with screenings and special events in 5 different locations, including London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, and Bradford.
Berlin
It starts in London with the European premiere of the fast-paced whodunnit espionage drama Berlin. From writer and director Atul Sabharwal, this compelling spy thriller stars Aparshakti Khurana (Jubilee) as a young sign language teacher lured into the dark world of espionage. Undercover security forces coerce him to interrogate a young deaf man, powerfully played by Ishwak Singh (Rocket Boys), accused of spying. Veteran actor Kabir Bedi also features in a commanding cameo.
- 10/8/2023
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
The Fakir Of Venice
Starring Farhan Akhtar, Anu Kapoor, Valentina Carnelutti,Kamal Sidhu
Directed by Anand Surapur
In his first acting assignment Farhan Akhtar is splendidly in form as a bit of jerk. He plays a production controller who can get a film crew anything they want, from a monkey performing tricks, to an exotic fakir performing monkey tricks.
Adi is okay with supplying anything, as long as he gets paid.
The monkey and the monkey tricks are aptly equated in the hugely original is ferociously flawed script (Rajesh Devraj). When Adi is asked by a museum in Venice to produce a fakir who can bury himself completely in sand for hours, the narrative brings into play the crass touristic culture of peddling exotica to the West.
Anu Kapoor, in a stellar performance as the spaced out alcoholic chawl dweller who desperately needs to make money, is that performing monkey,...
Starring Farhan Akhtar, Anu Kapoor, Valentina Carnelutti,Kamal Sidhu
Directed by Anand Surapur
In his first acting assignment Farhan Akhtar is splendidly in form as a bit of jerk. He plays a production controller who can get a film crew anything they want, from a monkey performing tricks, to an exotic fakir performing monkey tricks.
Adi is okay with supplying anything, as long as he gets paid.
The monkey and the monkey tricks are aptly equated in the hugely original is ferociously flawed script (Rajesh Devraj). When Adi is asked by a museum in Venice to produce a fakir who can bury himself completely in sand for hours, the narrative brings into play the crass touristic culture of peddling exotica to the West.
Anu Kapoor, in a stellar performance as the spaced out alcoholic chawl dweller who desperately needs to make money, is that performing monkey,...
- 2/8/2019
- by Subhash K Jha
- Bollyspice
The Fakir Of Venice movie review is here. If everything would have gone in their favour, The Fakir Of Venice could have been Farhan Akhtar?s debut as an actor before things started to Rock On for the actor, singer and filmmaker. The movie has finally seen the light after ten years and has had a reasonable run at film festivals. Let?s find out how is the debut of Farhan Akhtar as an actor and ?Anand Surapur as director in The Fakir Of Venice movie review
What is The Fakir Of Venice all about?
Interplay of characters, a debate on how real and fake art can be.
What is the plot/story of The Fakir Of Venice?
Adi (Farhan Akhtar) is a production guy who can deliver anything on sets, from pink monkeys to white elephants. Adi is a fixer an Indo-Anglian who wishes to settle abroad and leave India.
What is The Fakir Of Venice all about?
Interplay of characters, a debate on how real and fake art can be.
What is the plot/story of The Fakir Of Venice?
Adi (Farhan Akhtar) is a production guy who can deliver anything on sets, from pink monkeys to white elephants. Adi is a fixer an Indo-Anglian who wishes to settle abroad and leave India.
- 2/8/2019
- GlamSham
Gold
Starring Akshay Kumar, Kunal Kapoor, Amit Sadh, Mouni Roy, Vineet Kumar Singh
Directed by Reema Kagti
There is something to be said about motivational sports films. They make you stand and cheer even when you know the predictable path invariably taken by the genre.
Gold starts off rather roughly, unsure of who the hero of this game-plan is. It is certainly not the boozing Bengali Tapan Das, played in broad strokes bordering on Bong caricature, by Akshay Kumar. So is it Imitiaz Shah, chosen as the first captain of the Indian cricket team? Imtiaz, played with a very peculiar accent by Vineet Kumar Singh, soon crosses the border to Pakistan but is there to cheer for the Indian hockey team in the grand finale in England.
No. Imtiaz isn’t the hero. So it is the royal arrogant hockey champ Raghubir Pratap Singh, a man of stange aristocratic contradictions...
Starring Akshay Kumar, Kunal Kapoor, Amit Sadh, Mouni Roy, Vineet Kumar Singh
Directed by Reema Kagti
There is something to be said about motivational sports films. They make you stand and cheer even when you know the predictable path invariably taken by the genre.
Gold starts off rather roughly, unsure of who the hero of this game-plan is. It is certainly not the boozing Bengali Tapan Das, played in broad strokes bordering on Bong caricature, by Akshay Kumar. So is it Imitiaz Shah, chosen as the first captain of the Indian cricket team? Imtiaz, played with a very peculiar accent by Vineet Kumar Singh, soon crosses the border to Pakistan but is there to cheer for the Indian hockey team in the grand finale in England.
No. Imtiaz isn’t the hero. So it is the royal arrogant hockey champ Raghubir Pratap Singh, a man of stange aristocratic contradictions...
- 8/16/2018
- by Subhash K Jha
- Bollyspice
Exclusive/Film Bazaar: Director Ashim Ahluwalia’s social outcast romance secures international co-production deals
Miss Lovely director Ashim Ahluwalia’s next film The Boyfriend has attracted a crop of new co-producers: Mehernaz Lentin at Industry Pictures (Canada), Anand Ramayya at Karma Film (Canada), Laurent Lavolé at Gloria Films (France) and Film Kitchen (The Netherlands).
“We have just closed co-producers and it looks exciting. Pinaki Chatterjee and Anu Rangachar will be the Indian producers through Future East. I’m hoping we can start shooting this mid 2017,” said writer-director Ashim Ahluwalia, who is also finishing his Hindi-language film Daddy.
The Boyfriend, which was at the Screenwriters’ Lab in 2014, is based on a book by R Raj Rao, about two social outcasts who embark on a forbidden love affair.
Daddy, now in post-production, is about the life of the notorious Mumbai gangster Arun Gawli. The cast features Arjun Rampal, Farhan Akhtar and Aishwarya Rajesh.
“I was offered...
Miss Lovely director Ashim Ahluwalia’s next film The Boyfriend has attracted a crop of new co-producers: Mehernaz Lentin at Industry Pictures (Canada), Anand Ramayya at Karma Film (Canada), Laurent Lavolé at Gloria Films (France) and Film Kitchen (The Netherlands).
“We have just closed co-producers and it looks exciting. Pinaki Chatterjee and Anu Rangachar will be the Indian producers through Future East. I’m hoping we can start shooting this mid 2017,” said writer-director Ashim Ahluwalia, who is also finishing his Hindi-language film Daddy.
The Boyfriend, which was at the Screenwriters’ Lab in 2014, is based on a book by R Raj Rao, about two social outcasts who embark on a forbidden love affair.
Daddy, now in post-production, is about the life of the notorious Mumbai gangster Arun Gawli. The cast features Arjun Rampal, Farhan Akhtar and Aishwarya Rajesh.
“I was offered...
- 11/23/2016
- by uditaj@gmail.com (Udita Jhunjhunwala)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive/Film Bazaar: Director Ashim Ahluwalia’s social outcast romance secures international co-production deals
Miss Lovely director Ashim Ahluwalia’s next film The Boyfriend has attracted a crop of new co-producers: Mehernaz Lentin at Industry Pictures (Canada), Anand Ramayya at Karma Film (Canada), Laurent Lavolé at Gloria Films (France) and Film Kitchen (The Netherlands).
“We have just closed co-producers and it looks exciting. Pinaki Chatterjee and Anu Rangachar will be the Indian producers through Future East. I’m hoping we can start shooting this mid 2017,” said writer-director Ashim Ahluwalia, who is also finishing his Hindi-language film Daddy.
The Boyfriend, which was at the Screenwriters’ Lab in 2014, is based on a book by R Raj Rao, about two social outcasts who embark on a forbidden love affair.
Daddy, now in post-production, is about the life of the notorious Mumbai gangster Arun Gawli. The cast features Arjun Rampal, Farhan Akhtar and Aishwarya Rajesh.
“I was offered...
Miss Lovely director Ashim Ahluwalia’s next film The Boyfriend has attracted a crop of new co-producers: Mehernaz Lentin at Industry Pictures (Canada), Anand Ramayya at Karma Film (Canada), Laurent Lavolé at Gloria Films (France) and Film Kitchen (The Netherlands).
“We have just closed co-producers and it looks exciting. Pinaki Chatterjee and Anu Rangachar will be the Indian producers through Future East. I’m hoping we can start shooting this mid 2017,” said writer-director Ashim Ahluwalia, who is also finishing his Hindi-language film Daddy.
The Boyfriend, which was at the Screenwriters’ Lab in 2014, is based on a book by R Raj Rao, about two social outcasts who embark on a forbidden love affair.
Daddy, now in post-production, is about the life of the notorious Mumbai gangster Arun Gawli. The cast features Arjun Rampal, Farhan Akhtar and Aishwarya Rajesh.
“I was offered...
- 11/23/2016
- by uditaj@gmail.com (Udita Jhunjhunwala)
- ScreenDaily
From Walt Disney Pictures and Utv Motion Pictures comes the animated adventure Arjun – The Warrior Prince based on the greatest Indian Epic, the Mahabharat. The 96-minute subtitled feature film opens on Friday, May 25, in several top U.S. markets including NY, La, Sf, Chicago, Dallas, and Houston. The epic animated feature is the heroic journey of a young prince from the days of his youthful innocence to his emergence as a valiant hero who single handedly took on an entire army in the battle for justice and peace. The film has garnered great early reviews and some raves as well!
Voice Cast List
Yudhveer Bakoliya as Arjun
Ashok Banthia as Bhim
Ravi Khanwilkar as Drona
Vijay Kashyap as Shakuni
Ila Arun as Kunti
Sachin Khedekar as Krishna
Rajeshwari Sachdev as Draupadi
Release Date: May 25
Director: Arnab Chaudhuri
Cast Voices: Yudhveer Bakoliya, Ashok Banthia, Ravi Khanwilkar, Vijay Kashyap, Ila Arun, Sachin Khedekar,...
Voice Cast List
Yudhveer Bakoliya as Arjun
Ashok Banthia as Bhim
Ravi Khanwilkar as Drona
Vijay Kashyap as Shakuni
Ila Arun as Kunti
Sachin Khedekar as Krishna
Rajeshwari Sachdev as Draupadi
Release Date: May 25
Director: Arnab Chaudhuri
Cast Voices: Yudhveer Bakoliya, Ashok Banthia, Ravi Khanwilkar, Vijay Kashyap, Ila Arun, Sachin Khedekar,...
- 5/23/2012
- by Press Releases
- Bollyspice
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