Raj & DK have been hitting it out of the park with their content for a while now. I was introduced to them a little later with The Family Man series in 2019 and have watched a good amount of their content since. The duo is back now with their new series, Farzi. This series is a crime thriller dealing with counterfeit money and some relatable characters with grounded motives, problems, and grey shades.
Farzi is majorly about Sunny, an artist, whose predicaments and financial issues lead him into the world of crime, specifically by counterfeiting money and rising through the underworld through this. The series also follows Michael, an investigative officer, along with Megha, ex-RBI officer, who are on a mission to catch the creator of these counterfeit notes and clean the system. How Sunny meets Michael's nemsis of Mansoor, a major underworld king pin, and gets involved in a larger mess makes up this season.
The series has an interesting premise for sure with the crime thriller set-up, but what makes us love Farzi, much like other Raj & DK works is the groundedness of the characters. They have real problems and characteristics. Michael is dealing with divorce and the emotions of losing custody of his son. Megha is done with being seen as a boring loner, working the boring RBI job. Sunny lost his parents at a young age and was taken care of by his grandfather, who is struggling financially for his press and also falling ill with age.
The standards have been set high for cinematography. Prime did not skimp on the movie and have funded it properly, and Raj/DK made good use of the provided money. The series has great visuals along with the color grading setting a dark tone which works aptly with the crime thriller genre. A gritty setting is used which works well for the story.
The acting is top notch in the series. The best talent has been brought in through Vijay Sethupathi who plays a Tamilian, and his broken Hindi is pleasant to hear along with his dark, dry humour working in dull moments. Shahid Kapoor does well, these dark roles really work for him, although some scenes he looks rather blank. Bhuvan Arora stood out amongst the new talent as Firoz, he is quite a fun side kick. Kay Kay Menon kills it in the role of a Mafia king pin, while Rashi Khanna explores a new side of her self as Megha and delivers well.
As of this initial season, the one issue which irked me with the series was that some parts of the episodes felt lengthy and full. Though the screenplay was good the episodes may have benefited from being 40 min long instead of the hour long episodes we got. There were multiple parts where I was checking how much longer was left. Maybe a schedule release with more gaps between episodes could have benefited in this sense as well.
Overall, a great first season which is bringing us into the world of Farzi. This is a solid crime thriller which is not only a must watch for Raj & DK fans, but also fans of crime/thriller genre.
7.5/10.
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