What To Expect From Mirzapur 3

‘With

Mirzapur
characters,
you
don’t
know
what’s
going
to
happen
—
mid
season,
first
episode,
last
episode
—
you
could
be
taken
out
anytime.’

From
a
rebellious
college
guy
with
the
dream
of
winning
a
body-building
competition
to
becoming
a
man
of
unyielding
vengeance,
Guddu
Pandit
has
undergone
a
certain
deterioration,
says

Mirzapur
star
Ali
Fazal,
teasing
that
the
character
will
witness
another
‘scary’
transition
in
the
third
season.

In
the
show’s
first
season,
Guddu
Pandit
started
out
as
a
budding
body-builder
with
a
certain
naivety
to
the
character,
which
quickly
vanished
when
he
became
entangled
with
the
Tripathi
family,
led
by
crime
boss
Kaleenbhaiya,
played
by
Pankaj
Tripathi.

The
show’s
second
chapter
charted
his
journey
from
a
wounded
man,
mourning
the
loss
of
his
loved
ones,
to
a
completely
hardened
criminal
who
finally
manages
to
take
his
revenge.

What
comes
after
revenge?

The
actor
said
it
is
a
very
lonely
place
to
be
and
the
highly-anticipated
third
season
will
explore
it
deeply.

“Season
three
is
not
one
moment.
It’s
an
entire
season
of
an
arc
where
this
person,
in
one
instance,
is
saying
‘Violence
is
my
USP,’
and
in
another
instance,
he
is
a
very
lonely
man,
shouting,
‘Maaza
aa
raha
hai
na?
(Are
you
having
fun?)’.
You’ll
see
another
transition
of
its
own
kind
and
it’s
really
scary,”
the
actor
said.

Fazal
said
he
hopes
people
take
note
of
the
evolution
in
the
character
from
season
one
to
two
and
now,
the
third
season.

“I
would
love
to
hear
from
audiences,
hopefully
it
has
evolved.
Hopefully,
there
is
a
graph
that
you
can
look
back
at
and
see
how
that
has
changed.
And
that’s
how
human
life
changes.
We
get
affected.

“These
are
people
who
are
living
in
a
very
violent
world,
fictional
but
that’s
the
story,
and
there
are
consequences
in
their
lives.
That
is
the
deterioration
that
I’m
portraying.
I
wouldn’t
say
it
is
systematic
but
periodic
deterioration
of
this
man,
this
innocence
of
a
college
kid,”
he
said.

The
sad
truth
of
a
violent
society
is
that
“young
college
kids
will
get
deteriorated
and
education
will
go
out
the
window”,
Fazal
added.

In
the
third
season
of
the
Prime
Video
series,
which
drops
on
July
5,
Guddu
Pandit
will
seek
to
defend
the
throne
of
Mirzapur
that
he
took
from
Kaleenbhaiya,
who
is
also
preparing
a
comeback.

One
of
the
reasons
for
the
overwhelming
popularity
of

Mirzapur
is
its
graphic
violence
and
gore,
which
is
thoroughly
enjoyed
by
viewers
who
love
the
show.

The
portrayal
of
violence
is
raw
and
unflinching,
making
it
a
important
element
of
the
series
and
the
actor
said
the
viewers
enjoy
the
violence
of
the
show
because
it
is
unlike
anything
they’ve
seen
before.

“It’s
pure
schematics,
it’s
great
rhythm.
It’s
landing
on
an
off
where
it
hits
you
and
pumps
up
your
adrenaline
as
a
viewer.
And
you
end
up
liking
it
because
you’ve
not
seen
such
a
visual
before
because
of
the
conditioning
that
we’ve
had.

“It’s
the
same
thing
with
the
Red
Wedding
from

Game
of
Thrones.
In
that
famous
scene,
the
entire
lead
cast
is
totally
obliterated
at
the
end
of
that
episode.
And
you’re
like,
‘Wow,
what
the
hell?
We’ve
never
seen
that’.”

Fazal
believes
that
every
show
has
to
explain
its
relevance,
something

Mirzapur
does
well
and
quite
unabashedly.

“I
suppose
that
is
the
fight
for
relevance,
where
you’re
like
‘Oh,
I
have
something
that
you
don’t,
I
have
a
screenplay
that
you
don’t.’
I
have
a
story
that
I’m
going
to
tell
a
certain
way
that
you
haven’t
seen
and
that
sticks,”
he
added.

He
said
people
take
certain
scenes
out
of
the
series
for
their
fun
but
they
often
miss
the
context.

“If
you
go
deep,
you
understand
that
this
character
is
a
very
impulsive
human
being.
A
fictional
human
being
who
is
impulsive
and
he’s
just
been
given
the
gun,”
he
added.

What
is
the
first
thing
Fazal
does
when
he
gets
the
script
of
a
new
season?

The
actor
said
he
checks
whether
his
character
has
survived
till
the
end
or
not.

“Some
very
famous
actors
have
said
that
already.
But
we
have
to,
with

Mirzapur
characters,
you
don’t
know
what’s
going
to
happen
—
mid
season,
first
episode,
last
episode
—
you
could
be
taken
out
anytime.

“Also,
the
transition
is
very
important.
I
feel
my
character
graph
has
to
make
total
sense.
And
that
for
me,
is
very
important.”

The
show
enjoys
a
huge
fan
base
in
India
and
that
puts
extra
pressure
on
the
team
to
do
well
each
season,
Fazal
said.

“I
admire
the
persistence
that
they’ve
all
just
kept
us
alive
with
lots
of
energy,
all
these
years.
That
really
speaks
volumes
that
there’s
just
the
quality
of
the
show
that
brings
people
back.

“We
do
enjoy
one
of
the
biggest
fandoms
of
its
kind.
But
at
the
same
time,
I
think,
we
owe
it
to
the
story
and
to
ourselves.
I
still
haven’t
seen
season
three,
so
I
don’t
know
how
it’s
expanding.
I
would
like
to
maybe
see
it
at
some
point.”

Directed
by
Gurmmeet
Singh
and
Anand
Iyer,

Mirzapur
season
three
will
also
feature
Rasika
Dugal,
Shweta
Tripathi
Sharma,
Vijay
Varma,
Harshita
Shekhar
Gaur,
Anjumm
Shharma,
Priyanshu
Painyuli,
Sheeba
Chaddha,
Manu
Rishi
Chadha
and
Rajesh
Tailang.

The
show
is
produced
by
Farhan
Akhtar
and
Ritesh
Sidhwani’s
Excel
Entertainment.