Zee5 recently unveiled the trailer of their original series Jerax, a six-episode fantasy comedy thriller. Produced by Actor Dhananjaya of Daali Pictures and written and directed by Srinidhi Bengaluru, Jerax brings together actors such as Nagabhushana, Payal Chengappa, Manju Pavagada, Om Prakash Rao, Srivatsa, Yashwanth Shetty, Vijaya Prasad, Thukali Santhu, Jagappa, Siddu Mandya, and Sudhakar Gowda, among others.
The comedy, which unfolds in the town of Rayadurga, follows the life of Prakasha (Nagabhushana), a xerox shop worker who hopes life might one day acknowledge him. His world changes the moment a curious piece of a trinket merges with his old copying machine. "Suddenly, copies stop being copies. They start walking, speaking, remembering. A duplicate of one man becomes the catalyst for another. A small lie becomes a larger threat," reads a press note.
Producer Daali Dhananjaya added in the note, “What fascinated me about Jerax from the beginning was how the story hides a philosophical punch behind a seemingly bizarre idea. A Xerox machine that prints humans sounds outrageous, but the emotional truth beneath it is painfully real, what happens when people refuse to face their own shadows? The series explores loneliness, power, guilt, and the kind of moral collapse that can begin in silence. We were drawn to its courage. This is not just a thriller or a fantasy; it’s a mirror held up to the parts of ourselves we do not want copied.”
Srinidhi Bengaluru adds, "Jerax was born from a very simple fear, what if the version of you that you try to hide suddenly stood in front of you? The duplicates in the show are not monsters; they are reflections. Through Malavalli’s politics, relationships, and chaos, I wanted to explore how identity breaks, multiplies, and corrupts under pressure. I didn’t want the fantasy to be an escape; I wanted it to feel like an intrusion into everyday life. When the extraordinary enters the ordinary, the truth of a person becomes impossible to mask, and that’s the heartbeat of Jerax.”
Bengaluru is known for directing the acclaimed Kannada film Blink (2024). The upcoming show will be out on April 24.
