Farzi

Remember how counterfeiting or 'jaali-note-ka-dhanda' used to keep popping up in Bollywood potboilers? You may not become an expert in spotting fake notes ...

Kay Kay Menon, sharp haircut and colourful shirts to the fore, is clearly having a blast. Even a couple of smart things that the writers do– sneaking in a snarky sequence about pet TV anchors who toe the official line, for one– gets lost in this tad-tadaahat of gaalis. It isn’t as if the boyish good-looking Kapoor, who is front and centre in the narrative, is not efficient. The series slips in the fact of demonetisation, and of how corruption was meant to be curbed with the new notes, by slyly giving us corrupt, power-hungry netas (one is an MLA from, um, Gujarat; the other one, played by Zakir Hussain, gets a lot more screen time). But the new eight-part Amazon series, in which [Shahid Kapoor](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/pankaj-kapur-neelima-azeem-vishal-bhardwaj-pankaj-tripathi-farzi-screening-photos-8435247/) makes his OTT debut, does come up with a ready reckoner on things most of us didn’t know much about– the kind of paper a genuine note uses, the artistry involved in the design, the printing and distribution, and the deadly danger involved in the whole operation. The other main track belongs to the law enforcement unit, headed by the hot-headed Michael Vednayagam (Vijay Sethupathi), which is busy tracking the dastards responsible for this ‘financial terrorism’.

Raj & DK direct Shahid Kapoor, Vijay Sethupathi, Kay Kay Menon, Raashii Khanna, Amol Palekar, Bhuvan Arora and Regina Cassandra.

Could it be the pressure of delivering dialogue – and swear words – in Hindi? The connection between Sunny and Firoz ensures that Shahid Kapoor has a worthy sparring partner in Bhuvan Arora. In its dying breaths, Farzi resembles every other overstretched crime series that’s having too much fun to shut out the lights on a party that has long ended. It’s only in the fourth episode that Farzi layers a routine cat-and-mouse game with some degree of emotional complexity. In the bargain, a boatload of cliches sail into view – a promising young man forced by circumstance into crime, honest government officers who sacrifice their personal lives for a cause, a flamboyant villain, an ultra-loyal best friend. Sunny is a gentleman crook, of course.

It is an eight-part series that also features south star Vijay Sethupathi, Kay Kay Menon, Raashi Khanna, Bhuvan Arora, Amol Palekar, and Regina Cassandra.

Many claimed that Shahid gave a noteworthy performance, his role gave them a throwback to the actor's earlier films Kaminey and Badmaash Company. Raashii Khanna's character is a "woman of substance" and a "proof of ardent feminism" the makers practice. Vijay is essaying the role of a badass cop while Shahid has something to do with earning a lot of money, at least what appears from the trailer video.

When a financial crunch hits you really don't know how to deal with it and you are not in your senses to differentiate between moral and immoral and Farzi ...

Follow us on [also read] [Entertainment](https://www.firstpost.com/category/entertainment) [Inaugural Lollapalooza India 2023 ends on a high with a footfall of over 60,000 across 2 days](https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/inaugural-lollapalooza-india-2023-ends-on-a-high-with-a-footfall-of-over-60000-across-2-days-12072102.html) Filmmakers Raj and DK have an unconventional way of treating stories, they get into the heart of that world they are trying to portray and they let the story marinate before reaching the final plot. Sunny is such a brilliant artist that he and his friend create fake currency notes with every minute detail which is so close to the original that it is difficult to differentiate between the real and the fake. Such is the situation of the middle class or the middle finger class of our country who are there, but still not there. Unhappy with the divide between the haves and the have-nots, Sunny (Shahid Kapoor) and his friend Firoz (Bhuvon Arora) try hard to keep the newspaper of his grandfather (Amol Palekar), Kranti alive and the series shows how financial crunch takes him to the world of fake currencies. Very clearly the web series shows that we aspire for things which we don’t get easily in life and how the middle class or the middle finger class as Sunny (Shahid Kapoor) rightly puts it are always neck deep in loans. First comes education loans, then comes bike or car loans to go to office, then marriage loan, then loan for having kids and finally home loan which throws you on the roads throughout your life paying all of them. [Shahid Kapoor](https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/exclusive-shahid-kapoor-on-farzi-i-have-lived-the-life-of-a-middle-class-or-the-middle-finger-class-boy-in-real-life-12126672.html)’s Farzi, that engaging is the show. The plot of Farzi was intriguing and the performances of all the actors were solid. And nobody can deny that India is one of the biggest markets for fake items of art, fashion, beauty products and gadgets. Not just Shahid Kapoor, Vijay Sethupathi, K K Menon, Amol Palekar, Rashi Khanna took us to the fake world of Farzi and got us effortlessly entangled in their stories and backstories. His grandson (Shahid Kapoor), a gifted artist who has a painful backstory where his father abandons him in a train has a different outlook towards life.

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