'Call My Agent: Bollywood' Review: Netflix dramedy gives peek into lives of 'star makers'
It's hard to miss the glitz and glamor associated with Bollywood stars. While the actors and actresses hog the spotlight and media attention, there's usually a talent manager working in the background ensuring that their client gets the best offers and remains successful. What's in it for them you ask? Netflix's latest offering- 'Call My Agent: Bollywood' gives us a peek into the lives of four top talent agents from Mumbai who bend backwards and forwards to not just keep their celebrity clients happy but also save their sinking company!
The Netflix dramedy which is the Indian adaptation of the popular French series ‘Dix Pour Cent’, features Aahana Kumra, Rajat Kapoor, Ayush Mehra and Soni Razdan, as talent managers of a well-known talent agency called Art. These four savvy, street smart talent agents manage fragile star egos and real human emotions to save their agency from closure after the sudden death of the founder.
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Each of the six episodes features the agents trying to troubleshoot a problem ranging from trying to butter up producers to get their clients cast in plum roles to pacifying the fragile egos of the actors and actresses. Directed by Shaad Ali, 'Call My Agent: Bollywood' is a witty and fun take on what happens behind the scenes in Bollywood. By the end of the series you'll be left pondering over the many hats that a talent agent wears and how they truly are the 'star makers' of the industry.
All of the characters are extremely relatable yet starkly different from each other. Kumra plays the role of Amal, a feisty talent manager at ART, whose short-temper and impulsive behavior often lands her in sticky situations. It was extremely refreshing to watch her play the role of an ambitious and career-oriented lesbian struggling to juggle between her professional and personal life. Amal is portrayed as a close friend of Mehra's character on the show. The highs and lows of their friendship were well captured in the series while also giving us a peek into their professional relationship, as they often lock horns over their starkly different approach to getting things done.
Kapoor and Razdan play the role of senior talents managers at ART, who use their rich experience and wisdom to help others around them. When their agency's founder suddenly passes away, and the founder's wife toys with the idea of selling the agency, Kapoor and Razdan step in willing to invest all their savings into buying the shares of the company and preventing it from being sold. If you're looking for a light-hearted show to binge-watch this weekend then you might want to check out 'Call My Agent: Bollywood'.
'Call My Agent: Bollywood' is available for streaming on Netflix.