Dhanush is a pan-Indian actor after doing two Bollywood films (Raanjhanaa and Shamitabh) and he is expected to act in more Hindi films in future. What more, now the National Award winning actor is all set to make his Hollywood debut.

The film titled as 'The Extraordinary Journey Of The Fakir Who Got trapped In An Ikea Cupboard' will star Dhanush and cast opposite him are Uma Thurman of 'Pulp Fiction' and 'Kill Bill' fame and Alexandra Daddario of 'True Detective' fame.

Dhanush will play an Indian magician Aja, who is sent to Paris on a clandestine mission by his mother.

The film will be directed by Iranian-French director Marjane Satrapi of 'Persepolis' and 'The 'Voices' fame. The director has chosen Dhanush wowed as he was by "his intelligence, his killer smile, his ability to enter fully into the skin of any character he played..."

The film will be produced by an Aditi Anand. The film which is expected to go on floors sometime in mid 2016 will be shot in India, France, Italy and Morocco.

The film is based on a French best-seller by the same name, written by Romain Puértolas.