Farzi (Season 1) Web Series Details:
Genre | Black comedy, Crime, Thriller |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Season | 1 |
Episodes | 8 |
Release date | February 10, 2023 |
Running time | 42–66 minutes |
Starring | Shahid Kapoor Vijay Sethupathi Kay Kay Menon Raashii Khanna Bhuvan Arora |
Created by | Raj & DK |
Directed by | Raj & DK |
Written by | Sita Menon Suman Kumar Raj & DK |
Produced by | Raj & DK |
Cinematography by | Pankaj Kumar |
Edited by | Sumeet Kotian |
Music by | Ketan Sodha Sachin–Jigar Tanishk Bagchi |
Production Company | D2R Films |
Distributor | Amazon Prime Video |
Farzi (Season 1) Web Series Cast & Character:
- Shahid Kapoor as Sandeep “Sunny”, a disillusioned artist
- Vijay Sethupathi as Michael Vedanayagam IPS, 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
- 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
- Uday Mahesh as Chellam
- Ajay Jadhav as Sub-Inspector Shinde
- Vijay Vikram Singh as Ajit
- Aritro Rudraneil Banerjee as Punit Banerjee
- Manoj Bajpayee as Srikant Tiwari (voice only)
Storyline:
An artist who gets pulled into the murky high stakes of a con job and a fiery task force officer on the mission to rid the country of his menaces in a fast-paced, edgy one-of-a-kind thriller.
About Farzi (Season 1) Web Series:
Farzi ( Fake) is a Hindi black comedy crime thriller television series about counterfeit money created, produced, and directed by Raj & DK. They also co-wrote the series with Sita Menon and Suman Kumar. It stars Shahid Kapoor, Vijay Sethupathi, Kay Kay Menon, Raashii Khanna, and Bhuvan Arora.
Initially conceived as a film in 2014, Farzi was expanded into a television series by 2019. Principal photography began in Mumbai in July 2021. Filming also took place in Alibaug, Goa, Nepal, and Jordan. Sachin–Jigar and Tanishk Bagchi composed the songs, while Ketan Sodha provided the score. The eight-episode series was released on Amazon Prime Video on 10 February 2023.