Mirzapur 3: ‘Revenge Is The Main Thing’


Sabra
ka
phal
meetha
nahi,
Mirzapur
3
hota
hai
.’
‘With

Mirzapur
3
,
we
take
the
narrative
to
a
whole
new
level.’

IMAGE:
Ali
Fazal.

Photograph:
Hitesh
Harisinghani/Rediff.com

The
game
for
the
Mirzapur
throne
is
about
to
get
more
exciting
in
the
third
season
of
the
highly
anticipated
Web
series.

To
make
the
announcement
of
this
power
battle,
Kaleen

Bhaiya

and
Guddu
Pandit
had
a
face-off
on
Thursday,
June
20,
2024,
afternoon.

Pankaj
Tripathi,
who
plays
the
dreaded
Kaleen

Bhaiya
,
and
Ali
Fazal
whose
violent
turn
as
Guddu,
will
power

Mirzapur
3
,
took
centre-stage
at
the
event.

Other
members
of
the
cast

Shweta
Tripathi
Sharma,
Rasika
Dugal,
Vijay
Varma,
Anjum
Sharma,
Isha
Talwar,
Priyanshu
Painyuli
and
Sheeba
Chadha

were
also
present.


Mayur
Sanap/Rediff.com

brings
back
some
interesting
tidbits
from
the
launch.

 

IMAGE:
Farhan
Akhtar
with
Nikhil
Madhok,
Head
of
Hindi
Originals
Prime
Video,
and
Pankaj
Tripathi.

Photograph:
Hitesh
Harisinghani/Rediff.com

“Wherever
I
go,”
says
Co-Producer
Farhan
Akhtar,
“people
ask
me
only
three
questions:
One
is,
What
are
you
doing
here?
Second
is,
When
will

Don
3

release?
And
third,
When
will

Mirzapur
3

come?
So
I’m
very
happy
that
the
show
is
finally
happening.”

IMAGE:
Shweta
Tripathi
Sharma
with
Ali
Fazal.

Photograph:
Hitesh
Harisinghani/Rediff.com


Mirzapur
‘s
first
season
began
streaming
in
2018
to
a
critical
reception,
followed
by
Season
2
in
2020.

So
what
happens
next?
The
cast
mostly
remained
tight-lipped
but
Ali
Fazal
disclosed
that
his
character
Guddu
goes
to
extreme
ends.

“I
know
I
have
justified
a
graph
for
this
particular
boy,
who
at
the
essence
of
it
all,
holds
his
innocence
despite
so
much
corruption
around
him,”
says
Ali
who
garnered
much
national
attention
in

Mirzapur
‘s
first
season
before
making
waves
overseas.

“A
young
boy,
almost
at
an
impressionable
age,
gets
turned
into
all
kinds
of
demons
because
of
the
circumstances
in
society,
and
he
becomes
what
he
becomes,”
says
Ali.
“So
yes,
it
has
taken
a
lot
out
of
me.
I
will
always
cherish
it.”


The
actors
reveal
what
to
expect
in
Season
3

IMAGE:
Rasika
Duggal
and
Shweta
Tripathi
Sharma.

Photograph:
Hitesh
Harisinghani/Rediff.com

“In
the
first
season,”
says
Shweta
Tripathi
Sharma,
“Golu
was
a

rasgulla
.
In
the
second
season,
she
was
an

aag
ka
gola
.
In
the
third
season…she
is
a
bomb.”

 

IMAGE:
Pankaj
Tripathi
with
onscreen
wife
Rasika
Duggal.

Photograph:
Hitesh
Harisinghani/Rediff.com

Addressing
the
popularity
of
his
character
Kaleen

Bhaiyya
,
Pankaj
Tripathi
says,
“We
are
just
puppets,
they
are
the
masters.
We
only
read
lines
that
are
given
to
us
and
we
enact
our
characters
to
the
best
of
our
capability.
If
the
show
is
successful,
it
is
because
of
the
fantastic
team
of
all
the
creative
people
working
on
it.”

IMAGE:
Rasika,
Shweta
and
Harshita
Shekhar
Gaur.

Photograph:
Hitesh
Harisinghani/Rediff.com


Vijay
Varma
gives
us
his
spin
to
the
story:
“Revenge
is
the
main
thing.”

IMAGE:
The
cast
have
a
few
laughs
before
they
take
their
places
for
a
photograph.

Photograph:
Hitesh
Harisinghani/Rediff.com

So
what
can
fans
expect
from
Season
3?

Director
Gurmmeet
Singh
shares
that
the
theme
is
“relentless”
and
the
long
wait
for
the
show
will
be
worth
it
when
audiences
watch
it
on
Amazon
Prime
Video
beginning
July
5.

“We
are
excited
as
our
audience
who
waited
for
three-and-a-half
years
for
this
new
season,”
he
says.

Sabra
ka
phal
meetha
nahi,
Mirzapur
3
hota
hai
.
The
stakes
have
gone
notches
higher
and
the
canvas
has
surely
become
bigger.
With

Mirzapur
3
,
we
strive
to
build
on
the
momentum
and
take
the
narrative
to
a
whole
new
level,”
says
Gurmmeet.

IMAGE:
Standing:
Directors
Anand
Iyer
and
Gurmmeet
Singh,
Farhan
Akhtar,
Nikhil
Madhok,
Pankaj
Tripathi,
Anjum
Sharma,
Rasika
Duggal,
Shweta
Tripathi,
Sheeba
Chaddha
and
Harshita
Shekhar
Gaur.
Sitting:
Vijay
Varma,
Ali
Fazal
and
Priyanshu
Painyuli. Photograph:
Hitesh
Harisinghani/Rediff.com