In a recent interview, Shahid Kapoor revealed why Farzi was made into a web series instead of a movie. Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK, also known as Raj and DK, launched their Bollywood careers with the well-regarded and eccentric 99. (2009). They released Shor In The City (2011), a zombie comedy called Go Goa Gone (2013), and then a romantic comedy called Happy Ending (2014) as their follow-ups. They were going to make Farzi with Shahid Kapoor and Nawazuddin Siddiqui after Happy Ending. Raj and DK even stated in an interview long back that "Farzi is like Shor In The City on steroids."
Raj and DK are getting ready to release Farzi in the present, some nine years later. Now, however, it is a web series. Vijay Sethupathi has taken over but Shahid Kapoor has been kept on. Raj Nidimoru, Krishna DK, and Shahid Kapoor gave an explanation of why Farzi was made as a web series during the unveiling of the trailer for the film today.
DK Krishna said, "Raj, I, and writers Sita Menon and Suman Kumar had conceived the idea of Farzi some eight years ago. It was supposed to be a feature film. And finally, it saw the light of day a couple of years back when we decided to make it into a series. It's been a long journey from where it started to this day."
"We started talking about the show even before the film fraternity started getting onto OTT. This is because I love their shows. I loved The Family Man 1 and 2. They (Raj and DK) called me to offer a film. I asked 'Film toh theek hai. OTT mein kya kar rahe ho?'. They asked me, 'Are you serious or are you joking?'. I said 'Absolutely I would love to do a show'. They narrated an idea that strangely eight years back, we had discussed with each other as a movie (idea). At that time (we couldn't do it) as it was too big in terms of the length of the story or to fit into a single film. The best thing that happened to Farzi is that it didn't become a movie as I don't think we would have been able to do justice to it. We have the first season which is equal to 2 ½ movies. If people like it, we can make another 2 ½ movies and another 2 ½ movies", Shahid added.
The debut of Farzi on Amazon Prime Video is scheduled on February 10. Shahid Kapoor laughed as he said about the streaming giant. He said, "I had an amazing time with them. Their contracts are scary but as people, they are amazing!"
