Both the streaming service Prime Video and Shahid Kapoor himself shared the first teaser for his OTT debut Farzi on Wednesday. The new web series also stars Vijay Sethupathi, Kay Kay Menon, Kubbra Sait, Regina Cassandra, Zakir Hussain, Bhuvan Arora, Amol Palekar, and Raashi Khanna and is directed by Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK of The Family Man fame.
Shahid was seen in the brief video painting on a canvas inside a studio while addressing the camera and said, “There is a stage in my life. Par kya ye logon ko pasand aayega? (I’ve entered a new era of my life as an artist, but will others like it?) However, an artist is still an artist, right?” As Shahid exits the frame, the viewer can see his vibrant abstract painting with the words “Farzi” written in yellow. Shahid then winks while gazing into the camera.
Shahid is the main character in the Raj and DK film Farzi, which also stars Vijay Sethupathi as a police officer. “A small-time artist operating out of his grandfather’s printing press has invented the ultimate con job – a crime especially suited to him – and gets drawn into the murky, high stakes world of everything that it entails,” according to the official synopsis of the show. In this fast-paced, edgy, one-of-a-kind thriller, a fiery, unconventional task force officer has made it his mission to rid the nation of the threat this poses.