The Fakir of Venice to now release on February 1

Farhan Akhtar's upcoming film The Fakir of Venice, which also stars Annu Kapoor, was scheduled to release on January 18, 2019.

However, the makers have decided that the film's release has been postponed and will hit the screens in February. This decision has been taken to avoid the release with Emraan Hashmi's Why Cheat India and Arshad Warsi's Fraud Saiyyan.

Talking about the same, Punit Desai, Producer of the film, said, "The Fakir of Venice is getting a strong response from all multiplexes and owing to the huge flow of films on January 18 Jan and 25, as also URI, TAPM and Simmba occupying most screens, our multiplex partners have suggested that the film be moved to February 1 for a justifiable release for this Farhan Akhtar, Annu Kapoor, and A R Rahman enterprise."

The release of the film was announced a decade ago and this film was being planned to launch Farhan in Bollywood. But it was shifted due to many reasons. Directed by, Anand Surapur, the film revolves around the two faces of every human being which primarily come out due to situations, needs, goals and wants.