Call My Agent: Bollywood is an Indian drama television series based on the France 2 TV network series Call My Agent! (Dix Pour Cent (Ten Percent)). The Netflix show is directed by Shaad Ali, written by Hussain Dalal and Abbas Dalal.[1][2]
| Call My Agent: Bollywood | |
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| Genre | Drama Comedy |
| Based on | Call My Agent! |
| Written by | Hussain Dalal Abbas Dalal |
| Screenplay by | Hussain Dalal Abbas Dalal |
| Directed by | Shaad Ali |
| Starring |
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| Composers | Pranaay Roy |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Sohail Abbas Praver Awal Mrinalini Jain Prasoon Garg Pooja Batura Pathak |
| Producers | Sameer Nair Rishi Negi Deepak Segal |
| Cinematography | Sunita Radia |
| Editor | Farooq Hundekar |
| Production companies | Applause Entertainment Banijay Asia |
| Original release | |
| Release | 29 October 2021 |
Cast
editMain
edit- Aahana Kumra as Amal
- Ayush Mehra as Mehershad
- Rajat Kapoor as Monty
- Soni Razdan as Treasa
- Radhika Seth as Nia[3]
Recurring
edit- Tinnu Anand as Soumyajit Dasgupta
- Priyasha Bhardwaj as Sonia
- Rohan Joshi as Jignesh
- Merenla Imsong as Nancy
- Anuschka Sawhney as Jasleen
- Suchitra Pillai as Suchitra
- Raghav Lekhi as Sid
- Aban Deohans as Stuti
- Ujjwal Gauraha as Assistant Director
Special appearances
edit- Dia Mirza as herself
- Ali Fazal as himself
- Richa Chadda as herself
- Lara Dutta as herself
- Sarika as herself
- Akshara Haasan as herself
- Lillete Dubey as herself
- Ila Arun as herself
- Farah Khan as herself
- Tigmanshu Dhulia as himself
- Jackie Shroff as himself
- Nandita Das as herself
- Sameer Saxena as himself
- Hussain Dalal as himself
Episodes
editSeason 1 (2021)
edit| Story | Episode | Title | Original air date | Guest(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Episode 1" | 29 October 2021 | Dia Mirza |
| 2 | 2 | "Episode 2" | 29 October 2021 | Lillete Dubey, Tigmanshu Dhulia and Ila Arun |
| 3 | 3 | "Episode 3" | 29 October 2021 | Sarika, Akshara Haasan and Farah Khan |
| 4 | 4 | "Episode 4" | 29 October 2021 | Lara Dutta |
| 5 | 5 | "Episode 5" | 29 October 2021 | Richa Chadha, Ali Fazal |
| 6 | 6 | "Episode 6" | 29 October 2021 | Nandita Das, Jackie Shroff |
Reception
editAccording to a review of Scroll.in by Nandini Ramnath entitled "...Just say 'non'", calling it "...the vapid and barely funny Hindi remake" and referring to "... the ART talent company in Mumbai." Ramnath pointed out that the "...company is located in the southern end of the city, far away from the northern suburbs where much of Hindi cinema is created. It's the first sign of just how delinked the remake is from reality".[4] A review by Cinema Express by Shilajit Mitra entitled "...An amateurish series that puts fun on hold", secondly entitled "Four talent agents bug their clients — and us — in this Netflix series". Opening with "Netflix India has been banging away at a genre it thinks is ultra lucrative: the film industry comedy. It's a tough sell" and concluding "These agents need critics... someone to tell them they aren't any good".[5] As noted by Pinkvilla review by Radhika Seth; "Waited for this moment for so many years", her performance lauded by fans.[6] According to a Dmtalkies review by Anoushka Sinha; "While the star-studded episodes manage to pique the audience's interest in the show, it fails to make them deeply connect with the agents who are core to the storyline. Except for a few cliché comments on how "ruthless this industry gets" or the minimal attention given to the lives of struggling actors, the series misses out on most things that the audience would like to know about Bollywood."[7]
References
edit- ^ Deshpande, Shefali (30 October 2021). "Review | 'Call My Agent: Bollywood' Is Dull and Disappointing". TheQuint. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ^ Ramnath, Nandini (29 October 2021). "'Call My Agent: Bollywood' review: Just say 'non'". Scroll.in. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ^ IANS (20 October 2021). "Radhika Seth Makes Acting Debut With Netflix's Call My Agent: Bollywood". ABP Live. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ^ Ramnath, Nandini (29 October 2021). "'Call My Agent: Bollywood' review: Just say 'non'". Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ Shilajit, Mitra (30 October 2021). "Call My Agent: Bollywood Review: An amateurish series that puts fun on hold". Cinema Express. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ "EXCLUSIVE: Radhika Seth on response of Call My Agent: Bollywood: Waited for this moment for so many years". Pinkvilla. 16 November 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ Sinha, Anoushka (2 November 2021). "'Call My Agent Bollywood' Review – What To Expect From Behind The Scenes Of Bollywood". Retrieved 1 April 2024.