Mumbai: The job of a software engineer is to do coding for any program or app which is written step by step. The final output of the app or program is fixed, that is, it is known what will work or what should be expected from it. When two software engineers leave everything and make a film or web series, it is expected that their approach will be similar. It happens to a great extent, but after achieving success, things go awry. After making a successful software, they make another software of the same lines, in which almost everything is taken care of, but its output is not fixed. For this reason, a direct way is found while making software and that is “copying”. The famous director duo Raj and DK’s new web series – Farzi, is made when it is copied on the basis of the most popular TV show in the history of television, “Breaking Bad” by the producer named Vince Gilligan. Actors like Shahid Kapoor, Vijay Sethupathi, KK Menon, Amol Palekar, and Raashi Khanna are present in the recently released Farzi on Amazon Prime Video. The audience has not got anything new but the packaging has got new. The series is funny, worth watching but fake like the name.
In Breaking Bad, a school teacher who teaches chemistry is diagnosed with cancer. No matter where the teachers are, they are poor. The thought of leaving nothing for his family keeps gnawing at him. With the help of one of his old mischievous students, he uses his knowledge of chemistry to create an excellent drug. When the police follow the drug dealer to whom he sells the drugs made by him, he kidnaps both of them. And then this story continues for about 5 seasons… in which many actors keep coming and going.
Now watch the story of Farzi. Shahid Kapoor is an excellent sketch artist and painter. His maternal grandfather has a printing press from where he publishes a newspaper named Kranti. Shahid, along with his best friend Firoz, prints fake notes in his printing press to pay off the huge debt incurred on this newspaper and printing press and to save his maternal grandfather. If the design and printing of the note is excellent, then it runs well. One day he comes across a big gangster who gives him a huge order. If the police is behind that gangster, then he also makes a plan to eliminate both of them. But he could not succeed in his plans. Then the story ends at such a point where there is scope for a second season.
There are many such scenes or references in Farzi which make it an Indian version of Breaking Bad. When Shahid Kapoor says that whatever he is doing, he does not feel wrong inside, then we remember Bryan Cranston of Breaking Bad. When Shahid and Firoz (awesome actor Bhuvan Arora) are sitting on a mountain of notes or when they are printing notes and suddenly the police comes, Shahid takes a big pan in his hand and starts thinking of killing him and then the big officers. The police have to go on receiving a call, without conducting raids, breaking bad is visible at once. Shahid’s transformation from artist to ill-gotten riche is downright Breaking Bad. From blowing up notes on the way to escape from the police, to hiding the transmitter in the police chief’s room (by installing tapping software on Rashi Khanna’s phone in Farzi)… there are many things that make Farzi the Indian version of Breaking Bad. Are.
There are many such scenes or references in Farzi which make it an Indian version of Breaking Bad. When Shahid Kapoor says that whatever he is doing, he does not feel wrong inside, then we remember Bryan Cranston of Breaking Bad. When Shahid and Firoz (awesome actor Bhuvan Arora) are sitting on a mountain of notes or when they are printing notes and suddenly the police comes, Shahid takes a big pan in his hand and starts thinking of killing him and then the big officers. The police have to go on receiving a call, without conducting raids, breaking bad is visible at once. Shahid’s transformation from artist to ill-gotten riche is downright Breaking Bad. From blowing up notes on the way to escape from the police, to hiding the transmitter in the police chief’s room (by installing tapping software on Rashi Khanna’s phone in Farzi)… there are many things that make Farzi the Indian version of Breaking Bad. Are.
There are some such mistakes which may not be digested by people who understand the work of printing. In offset printing, the artwork is first created, then it is scanned in high resolution, outputted on negative film and then exposed on the printing plate. Printing is started by mounting the printing plate on the printing machine, filling paper and ink. Some initial copies are removed in the test run so that the color flow can be managed properly. Even after printing, the plate remains attached to the machine because printers get involved in the cutting of the printed paper. It is important to mention this because the whole process takes a lot of time and during the process of printing, if someone comes inside the press, he can understand by touching the machine, the plate mounted on the machine and the test run papers scattered around. What is going on, what is being printed. Such a big fact has been sidelined in fake.
What is special in this series? Shahid and Vijay Sethupathi’s first web series hai toh umeeden toh hai hi. So much work is expected from Shahid whereas he is capable of more than this. It is possible that the coming seasons will do justice to his talent. Vijay Sethupathi is a tall actor. Black, almost ugly, shapeless and heavy body, cannot speak Hindi properly but can say a lot with eyes. Acting seems like a routine for Vijay because he is so spontaneous. Without theatrics, without showing weakness to the actor in front, without making himself almost invisible when needed, Vijay looks massive in his scenes. Normally, this type of character is overshadowed in the entire series, but this time Vijay is strong only in his scene. Compared to him, Chellam Sir from Raj and DK’s “The Family Man” has a longer shelf life. Farsi shows Vijay talking to The Family Man’s Manoj Bajpayee (Srikanth Tiwari), Uday Mahesh (Chellam Sir) and officers standing below the NIA office in a fictitious fantasy of creating a spy universe. Cross over a new style of film making has started. Haven’t overdosed yet, so it’s going on.
Rashi Khanna is beautiful. are talented. Along with Ajay Devgan, she has been seen in the lead role in the web series named Rudra. A flop and boring web series “Jambaz Hindustan Ke” by Regina Kassandra has been released recently. His work in this series is almost negligible. The character of KK Menon has been written by taking out small excerpts from Black Friday, Sarkar, Haider and Saat Uchkake, adding the character of Right from the front. Seeing Zakir Hussain, one laughs but if you remember Murli Sharma’s character in the film Baby, then he seems to be of the same mood. The actor who has impressed is Bhuvan Arora. He is also a friend of Shahid Kapoor’s character, a philosopher as well, a guide to some extent, that is, Munna Bhai’s circuit. In the last scene, when he gets on the train after getting tired, then everything is told in his eyes. This actor should get bigger roles.
Sunny and Firoz’s friendship in the web series, minister Gehlot and Michael Vedanayagam’s tussle, Sunny’s relationship with his maternal grandfather Madhav, deteriorating equation between Sunny and Yasir Chacha, Sunny and Megha’s romance, Michael and Rekha’s relationship A lot of things have been shown through the mutual relationship between two such characters. By the way, Hussain Dalal’s dialogues have tied the knot in this series. There is a lot of abuses just because it is a web series. Hussain, the scriptwriter of many award shows and chat shows, has written powerful dialogues this time. Many meaningful dialogues are scattered in the script, in which there is philosophy as well as tanz.
Pankaj Kumar’s cinematography has nothing to add color to the series, except for a hilarious police chase sequence in Mumbai traffic. Yes, editor Sumit Kotian has done a good job. As the setting and mood of the scene is, its editing has also been done in the same manner, hence the effect is more. There is a lot to talk and see in the rest of the series. The series is good. Entertaining. Abuses are plentiful. There is simply no emotional connection with any of the characters and the influence of Breaking Bad dominates. If you don’t mind abusing, then watch it from entertainment point of view today itself.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : February 11, 2023, 15:39 IST
