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Amazon MX Player Releases Trailer for 1990s Piracy Drama 'First Copy'

Farhan Zamma draws on Bollywood’s VHS age to examine ambition’s toll on original storytelling.

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Overview

  • The trailer premiered on June 16, ahead of the series’ free launch on Amazon MX Player on June 20 across mobile, Prime Video, Fire TV and connected devices.
  • Comedian Munawar Faruqui makes his OTT acting debut as Arif, a street-smart mastermind building a film-piracy empire in 1990s Mumbai.
  • Krystle D’Souza stars as Mona, a proud figure fighting to stay relevant, while Gulshan Grover plays Mahesh Kumar, a calculating power broker.
  • Director Farhan Zamma conceived First Copy as a personal tribute to Bollywood’s golden era, using nostalgia to spotlight underdog dreams and the ethics of copying.
  • Amogh Dusad, Amazon MX Player’s head of content, describes the series as a powerful underdog story that underscores the importance of creator-first content.