The Best Magic He Has Ever Played - Movie Review: “The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir”

   

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“The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir” has everything we are looking for in an entertaining movie, with a mix of a ton of laughs, a romance, a sequence of adventures and even a couple of singing and dancing scenes, keeping the audience joyfully engaged till the very end. It is fun watching how Ajatashatru Lavash Patel is transferred as a refugee from one country to another and how he uses his magic tricks to get himself out of trouble. The vivid performance of the actors playing the role of Ajatashatru Lavash Patel, both the kid and the adult, is itself a source of amusement grabbing much of the audience’s attention.

Ajatashatru Lavash Patel’s life story weaves through the entire movie. In fact, there are other stories told which inspire not only the different characters in the movie but also the audience. The blind man’s story, the story the lady tells the taxi–driver and the one written on the shirt, which later fetches a very high price, are all good examples.

Instead of being just a comedy, the film has a moral lesson about life. It starts with the statement that equality of life does not exist and that one has to play the hand that one is dealt. Since childhood, Ajatashatru Lavash Patel has been lamenting the lack of chance on his side. To lift himself out of poverty, he keeps trying to scam people for money. But he later comes to realize that life is not all about getting rich and that the best magic he has ever performed turns out to be an act of charity.

I give full marks to the movie as it is recommendable to people of all ages.