In fact, the myth is so ingrained that it’s harder to go wrong than right. The agents are the protagonists, but Bollywood is the star. High-profile talent agencies aren’t anomalies anymore the time is riper than ever to mine the decade-long streamlining of the Hindi film industry. In fact, while binge-watching the first few seasons of Call My Agent!, I remember thinking when – not if – an Indian version would be announced. As long as art exists, the dysfunctional stories of those shaping its commerce will remain relevant. It suffers from no such time-driven ailments. But Call My Agent!, the French hit series revolving around the talent agents of a doughty Parisian firm, is universally adaptable. (The allegations of sexual misconduct against Ari Gold actor Jeremy Piven during MeToo felt depressingly inevitable). The casual sexism and crass masculinity of the show would never fly today. But I suppose Entourage’s nostalgic Hollywood frat-boyishness was so specific that the window to celebrate it shut the moment social media started to shape popular discourse. Its fictional super-agent Ari Gold, at one point, became the de facto voice of the American showbiz hustle. I expected global remakes of the addictive HBO show, Entourage, years ago. Cast : Aahana Kumra, Soni Razdan, Ayush Mehra, Rajat Kapoor
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