Shweta Tripathi says Mirzapur The Movie isn’t a redux of season 1: 'Thaali wohi hai, masale naye hain' | Interview
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Seven years ago, Mirzapur first began streaming on Amazon Prime Video . Through three seasons, it has become one of the most-watched and loved Indian web series. Now, the makers are bringing the bhaukaal to the big screen. Mirzapur The Movie is both a spinoff and a prequel, telling the origin story of the show’s main feud between the Tripathis and the Pandits. The movie brings back several major characters, including Golu Gupta, played by Shweta Tripathi .
Adding to this, Shweta Tripathi in a still from Mirzapur The Movie. On the eve of the movie’s rollout, the star talks to Hindustan Times about the anticipation and excitement, and how the movie takes a different approach to telling a familiar story.
Meanwhile, With just a day left before the movie hits the screens, Shweta says she is excited. “Right now we are hoping, we are praying, we are wishing, that ki ek baar ye exam ho jaye aur Friday, Sunday aur phir Monday ho toh humein result pata chal jayega (we hope that this exam is over so that we can see the result after Monday).”
Notably, So far, Shweta has played Golu for the small screen as one of the show’s leads. This time, it is for a large-scale movie. But the star says she is not thinking about box-office prospects. “I have not watched the movie. So I am really looking forward to watching it with people. I want to watch it with... oh, so my friends on the 4th, so that is the whole discussion in the group chats. So that's a lot of fun.”
As per the latest buzz, Mirzapur The Movie runs parallel to the first season of the show, taking the characters back several years from where their arcs left off in season 3. Talking about making that adjustment, Shweta says, “I feel Mirzapur is a project that challenges you in different ways. If you feel, "Oh, this time you got it", that’s never the case. After doing three seasons, you have lived the emotions of your character. You know there is a deep-seated rage in her. There is anger in her, there is so much in her, and now with the movie, it’s back to season one.”
In further updates, But Shweta clarifies that the movie is not just season one retold in a different manner. It has a different, untold story. “It is definitely not a redux of season one,” says the star. “So agar aap highway pe ja rahe ho, aur aap ek bypass le lete ho. Toh yeh woh hai (If you are going on a highway and you take a bypass route, it is that). We have kept everything the audience liked and introduced new elements. So, we have Pankaj (Tripathi) ji, Ali (Fazal), Divyenndu and the others returning, but we also have the man of the moment, Ravi (Kishan) ji. So it’s like a thaali, where the ingredients have been tweaked a bit. Ingredients mein masaale thode faraq kar diye hain, thali wahi hai (It’s the same buffet, but some spices have been added).”
On top of that, Mirzapur: The Movie is directed by Gurmeet Singh, written by Puneet Krishna, and produced by Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar under the banner of Excel Entertainment. The movie stars Ali Fazal, Pankaj Tripathi and Divyenndu, while Jitendra Kumar takes over from Vikrant Massey, who played Bablu Pandit in the show. Mirzapur is set for a theatrical rollout in Hindi and Telugu on 4 September.
Abhimanyu Mathur is Deputy Editor, Entertainment at Hindustan Times. With almost 15 years of experience in writing about everything from films and TV shows to cricket matches and elections, he inhales and exhales pop culture and news. Currently, he watches movies and TV shows and talks to celebrities for a living, while occasionally writing about them as well. A journalism graduate of Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, Delhi University, Abhimanyu began his career with Hindustan Times at the age of 20, swapping classrooms for newsrooms at an early age. He began his journey in the early days of digital journalism, later switching to the madness of print journalism. Work has led him to far off places like Japan and Jordan, as well as to the interiors of Haryana and the Indo-Pak border. He dabbled in city reporting in places like Meerut, Gurgaon, and Delhi, covered the Olympics and Cricket World Cups, before finding his calling in entertainment and lifestyle during the pandemic. A Rotten Tomatoes Certified Movie Critic, he is equally at home covering stories on ground as he is interviewing celebrities and studios, and sometimes prefers to shepherd teams in delivering traffic through the day. Even as his role has evolved from reporter to supervisor over the years, his first love remains writing (and of late, talking on camera). With a good understanding of cinema and its trends, and a keen eye for detail, he continues to spark conversations around showbiz for readers around the world. Read More
Source: Hindustan Times