Farzi web series review: Another global crime tackled with finesse

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By Prabhatha Rigobertha

February 16, 2023

The director duo of Raj and DK specialise in taking global issues and looking at them through a humanistic lens.

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Farzi captures the journey of an antihero Sunny (Shahid Kapoor). It is not as tight as The Family Man but there still is a lot to like here.

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Sunny’s grandfather (Amol Palekar) is an old-time journalist whose revolutionary magazine, Kranti, has to be shut down following huge debt.

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To revive the magazine, Sunny and his best friend Firoz (Bhuvan Arora) start designing counterfeit money.

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Parallel to this you have Michael (Vijay Sethupati) who is a fiery task force officer, hell-bent on eradicating fake currency in India.

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The best part of Farzi is how the directors make you empathise with its anti-hero. There are many layers to Sunny. Shahid Kapoor delivers a knockout performance.

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The banter between Vijay Sethupati’s Michael and the central minister (Zakir Hussain) is filled with many entertaining lines.

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Rashi Khanna’s Megha can be seen in different spaces, not just her professional life. Khanna plays Megha with the right amount of spunk.

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A little more info about the objectives of Kranti magazine would have made Amol Palekar’s character even more memorable.

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The technical departments led by cinematographer Pankaj Kumar are also in perfect sync with the gritty nature of the series.

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In a nutshell, Raj and DK continue their streak of delivering solid content with a perfect package of important issues and entertainment.

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