Actor-filmmaker
Farhan
Akhtar
is
set
to
play
director
Homi
Adajania's
character
in
the
quirky
comedy
The
Fakir
of
Venice.
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According
to
a
source
in
the
know
of
developments,
the
real
life
portrayal
of
the
unusual
experiences
and
life
events
of
Adajania,
who
has
helmed
films
like
Finding
Fanny
and
Cocktail,
will
be
shown
in
the
upcoming
film.
Directed
by
Anand
Surapur
and
produced
by
Punit
Desai
(October
Films),
the
film
also
stars
Annu
Kapoor,
Kamal
Sidhu,
Italian
actress
Valentina
Carnelutti
and
German
actor
Mathieu
Carriere.
In
the
movie,
Farhan,
as
a
production
executive,
gets
an
unusual
assignment
to
find
an
Indian
holy
saint
who
could
stay
under
sand
with
only
his
hands
visible
outside.
He
accepts
the
impossible
task
of
finding
one
and
ends
up
meeting
Annu's
character
for
the
task
and
thus,
begins
a
journey
to
Venice.
How
the
drama
unfolds
in
this
journey,
forms
the
main
premise
of
the
film.
It
is
about
intense
human
behaviour,
strong
relationships
regardless
of
language
barriers,
humour,
conspiracy,
lies
and
truth.
The
film
was
shot
in
Mumbai,
Banaras,
Ladakh
and
Venice.
With
inputs
from
IANS.