Mirzapur The Movie review: Ali Fazal, Divyenndu, Pankaj Tripathi return with guns, gaalis, max aura in entertaining saga
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Mirzapur The Movie review: An entertaining companion to the series. Rating: ★★★★ One of my biggest pet peeves is seeing actors replaced in sequels and threequels. It rarely makes sense and is a needless gamble. There’s no guarantee audiences will accept a new face, especially when the original star has already carved out a special place in their hearts. Mirzapur is a perfect example of why continuity actually matters.
Adding to this, It was among the first OTT shows many of us got hooked on back in 2018, and over time, its characters became just as essential to its identity as the bloodshed and abuses. Thankfully, the movie doesn’t mess with that formula. Almost the entire original cast returns, with just one exception, and keeping that team together is easily one of its three biggest wins.
Meanwhile, The second win is having Puneet Krishna, who created and wrote the series, back to write this three-and-a-half-hour saga. Helping matters further is that the movie is directed by Gurmeet Singh, who was also a core member of the original series team.
Notably, The plot wastes no time on backstories. Bablu and Guddu (Jitendra Kumar and Ali Fazal, respectively), the left and the right hand of Kaleen Bhaiya ( Pankaj Tripathi ), are still at loggerheads with his son, Munna (Divyenndu). Enter Babban Yadav ( Ravi Kishan ), who is on the run after stealing drugs from his employer and wants to sell it to Kaleen bhaiya. Also eyeing the throne of Mirzapur, he baits Kaleen into stepping outside city limits so he can execute his plan. What happens next forms the rest of the movie.
As per the latest buzz, Having Puneet Krishna return for the big-screen version ensures that the movie truly understands its characters and the peculiar flavour of the Mirzapur universe. That familiarity goes a long way in helping it recreate the gangster saga audiences liked, rather than feeling like an extended spin-off wearing the show’s name.
In further updates, The first half is to the point. If you have watched the show even once, you won’t need a refresher. You immediately feel at home as the actors slip back into roles they started playing years ago. Every character gets their fair share of screen time, and the filmmakers clearly know exactly what will farm maximum aura. The same momentum carries into the second half, culminating in a powerful climax.
On top of that, Most of the seeti-maar dialogues from the show, including “Hamara beta hai, yeh important hai” and “Jalwa hai hamara”, return and bring the house down. But even that isn’t the third win of Mirzapur.
It’s the fact that the makers have ensured there is enough freshness by adding subplots. The action is larger-than-life and, thankfully, has none of the AI slop that many filmmakers might resort to, to cut costs. Shot largely at real-life locations, the movie benefits from the scale and authenticity this brings.
Source: Hindustan Times