MUMBAI, India– June 27, 2025: Amazon MX Player’s latest original, First Copy has been winning hearts across the country, even trending on No. 1, ever since its debut on the streaming service. Set in the underbelly of 1990s Mumbai, the much-talked-about series is a gritty, emotional crime drama that explores the rise of Arif, a man who goes from being a hopeless romantic to the most wanted name in the film piracy circuit. As Bollywood, ganglords, and the police close in, Arif’s life becomes a high-stakes tangle of love, ambition, and betrayal. Featuring Munawar Faruqui in his scripted series debut, along with Saqib Ayub, Gulshan Grover, Krystle D’Souza, Ashi Singh, and Meiyang Chang in key roles, First Copy offers a gripping lens into the lesser-seen corners of the entertainment world.
Speaking about playing Mona, a yesteryear actress caught between who she was and who she’s becoming, Krystle D’Souza shared, “My character,Mona, has seen the highs and lows of fame, and the emptiness that sometimes follows. I don’t think I really had to do much to play an actor on screen because that’s all I’ve done for 17 years of my life. So I was just being a human, and that’s what an actor is at the end of the day. It was just me playing a normal human being who has a profession, like anybody else. Mona comes with experience. She has seen the industry’s darker side, which leaves a mark on most actors. She is a little more intelligent and much slower paced than I am. I used to joke that she’s me at 0.5x speed.”
First Copy is now streaming for free on Amazon MX Player — available on the MX Player app, Amazon’s shopping app, Prime Video, Fire TV, and Connected TVs.
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