Farzi season 1
Farzi (transl. Fake) is an Indian Hindi-language dark satire wrongdoing spine chiller TV series made, created and coordinated by Raj and DK, who likewise co-composed the series with Sita Menon and Suman Kumar. It stars Shahid Kapoor, Vijay Sethupathi, Kay Menon, Raashii Khanna and Bhuvan Arora, and recounts the narrative of a disappointed craftsman who chooses to bring in fake cash.
At first imagined as a film in 2014, Farzi was ventured into a TV series by 2019. Head photography started in Mumbai in July 2021. Recording likewise occurred in Alibaug, Goa, Nepal, and Jordan. Sachin-Jigar and Tanishk Bagchi formed the tunes, while Ketan Sodha gave the score. The series imparts congruity to Raj and DK's covert agent series The Family Man.
The eight-episode series was delivered on Amazon Prime Video on 10 February 2023. Farzi got positive surveys, and arose as the most-watched Indian streaming series. Toward the finish of February 2023, Kapoor affirmed that the show would return briefly season.
Premise
Farzi is about Bright, a craftsman baffled by the pay imbalance in India subsequent to neglecting to keep his granddad's progressive print machine in business. He chooses to group with his closest companion Firoz to bring in fake cash. They face difficulties from Mansoor, a hoodlum, and Michael, a cop.As per co-maker Raj Nidimoru, the title Farzi (and that signifies "counterfeit") alludes to forging, as well as the "phoniness" innate in people.
Cast and character
Main
- Shahid Kapoor as Sunny, a disillusioned artist
- Vijay Sethupathi as Michael Vedanayagam, a Special Task Force officer and head of the Counterfeiting & Currency Fraud Analysis & Research Team (CCFART)
- Kay Kay Menon as Mansoor Dalal, a criminal mastermind who heads the counterfeit network in India, based out of Jordan
- Raashii Khanna as Megha Vyas, an officer for the Reserve Bank of India, who later joins CCFART
- Bhuvan Arora as Firoz, Sunny's best friend and partner
- Chittaranjan Giri as Yasir, an employee at Kranti Patrika
- Zakir Hussain as Finance Minister Pawan Gahlot
- Jaswant Singh Dalal as Shekhar Ahlawat, a member of CCFART
- Amol Palekar as Madhav, Sunny's grandfather and owner of Kranti Patrika
- Kubbra Sait as Saira, Mansoor's superior
- Regina Cassandra as Rekha Rao, Michael's ex-wife.
Recurring
- Kavya Thapar as Ananya, Sunny's ex-girlfriend
- Chittaranjan Tripathy as Michael's divorce lawyer
- Lokesh Mittal as Lakdawala
- Vijay Kumar as Jitu Kaka, Mansoor's uncle and manager
- Saqib Ayub as Anees, Sunny and Firoz's friend and a small-time goon
- Karan Maan as Commander Murtaza
- Nilesh Divekar as Bilal, Mansoor's henchman
- Priyadarshini Indalkar as the receptionist at MKG Publishing
- Akkshay Gunaawat as Suparn
- Saurav Chakraborti as Jamal, Mansoor's henchman
- Mrinmayee Godbole as Rekha's divorce lawyer
- Armaan Bhanushali as young Sunny
- Kabir Khan as young Firoz
- Vivek Madaan as Arjun Nayar
- Govind Pandey as MLA Kesaribhai Doshi
- Divyam Shukla as Vyom, Rekha and Michael's son
- Ashutosh Priyadarshi as Titu Khislu, a Bangladeshi smuggler
- Anna Ador as Svetalana
Cameos
The following actors make cameos, reprising their roles from The Family Man:
- Uday Mahesh as Chellam
- Ajay Jadhav as Sub-Inspector Shinde
- Vijay Vikram Singh as Ajit