Munawar Faruqui will be making his acting debut with Amazon MX Player's First Copy.
Last Updated: 04.57 PM, Jan 31, 2025
Amazon MX Player has just announced its slate for 2025 and it is excitement personified, to say the least. While Jackie Shroff's Chidiya Udd is already making headlines, that is just the tip of what is to come this year. Among the many big announcements, come Jim Sarbh-Naseeruddin Shah's Made In India: A Titan Story. Ritvik Sahore's Jamnapaar and Bobby Deol's Aashram are some of the shows that have been renewed for a new season. There's also Munawar Faruqui making his acting debut with the web series, First Copy. Here's everything to look forward to with this platform...
Munawar Faruqui makes his acting debut with First Copy. He has already been a part of various reality shows (won two of them - Lock Upp and Bigg Boss, and hosted Playground) and appeared in music videos too, but First Copy is going to mark his debut as an actor. The series also features Surbhi Chandna, Meiyang Chang and Gulshan Grover.
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