The backbone of any successful show is writing: Shweta Tripathi
New Delhi: Shweta Tripathi teased that ‘Mirzapur: The Film’ will be quite ‘explosive’ with an unfiltered tone that won’t shy away from holding a mirror to society over issues like crime and violence. The movie, to be released in 2026, is the cinematic extension of the ‘Mirzapur’ series and will delve more into fan-favourite characters like Kaleen Bhaiya, Guddu Pandit and Munna Tripathi.
“I think it’s going to be quite explosive. It’s being written right now and we’re slowly finding out what’s happening. But, I think, it is not going to be sanitised. I’m guessing it will be an adult film and I think we should be able to show what’s happening in society,” Tripathi, who plays Gajgamini Gupta aka Golu in ‘Mirzapur’, told the top news agency.
Over the course of three seasons, ‘Mirzapur’ has attained massive fandom as well as praise for showcasing a gritty and violent world where power, crime and human struggles are depicted with unflinching realism. She believes in a kind of storytelling that doesn’t shy away from highlighting societal issues, even if it makes viewers uncomfortable.
“When people close their eyes and become uncomfortable, then they should feel that because every time we turn our heads and not acknowledge that, it doesn’t stop from happening. We have become so desensitised,” she said.
‘Mirzapur: The Film’ will bring back Pankaj Tripathi as Kaleen Bhaiya, Ali Fazal as Guddu Pandit and Divyenndu as Munna Tripathi, despite Munna’s death in the second season of the show.
The backbone of any successful show is writing and that holds true for ‘Mirzapur’, said Tripathi, who believes that the series challenges the idea of inherently ‘bad’ people.
“What I love about the characters is that nobody is born evil. I’m saying this because I understood this from Munna’s character, not even mine. He wanted his father’s love and validation because he didn’t get that; he took out all his anger and frustration on other people. So, we enable people and make them monsters. We push them to a corner where when they retaliate, we say what a bad person he is. But all of us are a part of it,” she said.
