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.