‘The Fakir of Venice’ to open 8th Jagran Film Festival in Delhi!

Farhan Akhtar starrer 'The Fakir of Venice' will be the opening movie at 8th Jagran Film Festival, which will start from July 1.

The festival which to be held at Siri Fort Auditorium is to be inaugurated by veteran actor Rishi Kapoor.

“The Fakir of Venice” directed by Anand Surapur, also features Annu Kapoor in pivotal role. The film showcases a drama inspired by the real life experience of filmmaker Homi Adajania of taking a fakir saint to Venice.

It is a story of an Indian conman who is hired to find a fakir who can bury himself in sand for an installation art project in Venice. He passes off a poor slum dweller from Mumbai as the real thing, conning the European art world successfully.

The story depicts a strange relationship between two characters who are brought together to carry out a deception. To pull it off, however, they must learn to shed the layers of bluff and move towards understanding themselves. In the film’s poster, Farhan and Annu are seen wearing saffron clothes.

Beginning with New Delhi, the festival will travel to 16 other cities including Kanpur, Lucknow, Allahabad, Varanasi, Patna, Bhopal, Ranchi, Indore, Ludhiana and Dehradun before culminating in Mumbai with the award ceremony in September. Over 130 movies will be screened.