Shahid Kapoor, Vijay Sethupathi’s Farzi becomes most-watched Indian OTT series of all time, overtakes Mirzapur and Rudra

Farzi is expected to be watched by over 37 million people in the country by the end of its run. Ormax Media calculates audience viewership by taking into account the number of people who watched at least a complete episode of a show or at least 30 minutes of a movie within 8 weeks of release. It doesn’t count repeat views.

Farzi, which started streaming on Prime Video in February, also stars Raashi Khanna, Kay Kay Menon, Regina Cassandra, Zakir Hussain, Bhuvan Arora, Amol Palekar and Kubbra Sait. Upon its release, the series received a mixed response from the audience and critics.

The Indian Express’ Shubhra Gupta found the series to be a ‘service to its star Shajid Kapoor’. A section of her review read, “The series slips in the fact of demonetisation, and of how corruption was meant to be curbed with the new notes, by slyly giving us corrupt, power-hungry netas (one is an MLA from, um, Gujarat; the other one, played by Zakir Hussain, gets a lot more screen time). An enthusiastic rookie (Raashii Khanna), also a smart cookie, joins the ‘farzi’ note busters, and often strikes off on her own, despite being explicitly told not to play a lone hand.”

 

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Last month, Shahid had shared that Farzi became the top Prime Video show globally. Sharing a screenshot, the actor wrote, “And then this happened. #farzi number 1 worldwide on @primevideo #micdrop.” His wife Mira Kapoor congratulated him on the achievement and wrote in the comments section, “Congratulations ❤️❤️ Farzi on 🔥🔥🔥🔥 you deserve the world and more.”