Mirzapur (TV series)

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Mirzapur
Mirzapur Logo.png
Genre Crime
Thriller
Action
Created by
Directed by
Starring see Cast section
Music byAnand Bhaskar
Opening theme"Mirzapur Theme Song"
ComposerJohn Stewart Eduri
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes19 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers Ritesh Sidhwani
Farhan Akhtar
Kassim Jagmagia
CinematographySanjay Kapoor
EditorsManan Ashwin Mehta
Anshul Gupta
Running time38–65 minutes
Production company Excel Entertainment
Original release
Network Amazon Video
Release16 November 2018 (2018-11-16) 
present

Mirzapur is an Indian Hindi-language action crime thriller television series created for Amazon Prime Video, by Karan Anshuman, who wrote the script along with Puneet Krishna & Vineet Krishna. Anshuman directed the first season of the series, along with Gurmmeet Singh and Mihit Desai, the latter of whom directed the second season. The series is produced by Rithesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar of Excel Entertainment. [1] The story follows Akhandanand Tripathi (Pankaj Tripathi), also known as Kaleen Bhaiya, the mafia don and proverbial ruler of Mirzapur in the Purvanchal region of Uttar Pradesh. [2] In the first season, the main cast features Pankaj Tripathi, Shweta Tripathi, Divyendu Sharma, Ali Fazal, Vikrant Massey, Shriya Pilgaonkar, Rasika Dugal, Harshita Gaur and Kulbhushan Kharbanda. [3] The second season retains the principal cast from the first season, excluding Massey and Pilgaonkar, with new cast consisting of Vijay Varma, Isha Talwar, Lilliput, Anjum Sharma, Priyanshu Painyuli, Anangsha Biswas and Neha Sargam.

Contents

The series was filmed mostly across Uttar Pradesh, primarily shot in Mirzapur, and many locations which include Jaunpur, Azamgarh, Ghazipur, Lucknow, Raebareli, Gorakhpur, and Varanasi. Sanjay Kapoor served as the cinematographer, with Manan Mehta and Anshul Gupta edited the series. John Stewart Eduri composed the background score.

The first season of Mirzapur was released on 16 November 2018. [4] The series opened to positive response from audiences, while critics gave mixed reviews. [5] The performances of the cast members, particularly Pankaj Tripathi's, received rave response. [5] It eventually became the most popular web series in India, after Sacred Games . [6] The second season of Mirzapur was released on 23 October 2020. [7] [8] The third season of the show will be expected in 2024 as its cast is on its way. [9] [10] [11]

Premise

The iron-fisted Akhandanand Tripathi is a millionaire carpet exporter and the mafia don of Mirzapur. His son, Munna, is an unworthy, power-hungry heir who will stop at nothing to inherit his father's legacy. An incident at a wedding procession forces him to cross paths with Ramakant Pandit, an upstanding lawyer, and his sons, Guddu and Bablu. It snowballs into a game of ambition, power and greed that threatens the fabric of this lawless city.

Cast

Overview

CharacterPortrayed by
Season 1
(2018)
Season 2
(2020)
Akhandanand "Kaleen" Tripathi Pankaj Tripathi Main
Govind "Guddu" Pandit Ali Fazal Main
Vinay "Bablu" Pandit Vikrant Massey MainDoes not appear
Phoolchand "Munna" Tripathi Divyenndu Main
Beena Tripathi Rasika Dugal Main
Gajgamini "Golu" Gupta Shweta Tripathi Main
Satyanand Tripathi Kulbhushan Kharbanda Main
Swaragini "Sweety" Gupta Shriya Pilgaonkar MainDoes not appear
Devdatt "Dadda" Tyagi Lilliput Does not appearMain
Bharat Tyagi/Shatrughan Tyagi Vijay Varma Does not appearMain
Madhuri Yadav Isha Talwar Does not appearMain

Main

Recurring

Episodes

Series overview

SeriesEpisodesOriginally aired
1 916 November 2018 (2018-11-16)
2 1023 October 2020 (2020-10-23)

Season 1

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No. in
series
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
11"Jhandu" Karan Anshuman and Gurmeet SinghDevdut Halder, and Karan Anshuman16 November 2018 (2018-11-16)
Akhandanand Tripathi AKA Kaleen Bhaiya, the uncrowned king of Mirzapur, runs a drugs and arms business, under the guise of a carpet manufacturing company. One night, his son Phoolchand Tripathi AKA Munna Bhaiya who is known as the prince of mirzapur, accidentally kills a groom with celebratory gunfire while dancing at his wedding. Kaleen has a much younger wife, Beena Tripathi, who he continually fails to satisfy in bed. The family of the dead groom hires Ramakant Pandit, a fearless and idealist lawyer. Ramakant has 3 kids; Guddu, Bablu and Dimpy. They study in the same college as Munna. Guddu has a crush on Dimpy's close friend Sweety Which Munna also lust for, but he is too scared to ask her out. SP Parshuram informs Kaleen that his old rival Rati Shankar might be returning to Mirzapur and also about Munna's blunder. Kaleen tells his son to clean up his own mess. Munna goes to the lawyer's house to threaten him into rejecting the case. When Ramakant refuses to comply, Munna pulls a gun on him. This leads to a scuffle in which Ramakant and his family manage to beat up Munna and his goons. Kaleen decides to step in and he summons Ramakant's sons, who are dreading what the kingpin has in store for them.
22"Gooda"Gurmeet Singh and Mihir DesaiPuneet Krishna, Vineet Krishna, and Karan Anshuman16 November 2018 (2018-11-16)
Kaleen is impressed by the fact that the Pandit brothers thrashed Munna despite knowing that he is Kaleen's son. He decides to offer them a job, shocking the brothers and Munna. After much pondering, they agree to work for Kaleen. Munna is angry with his father for not punishing Guddu and Bablu. They are given a bike and a pair of pistols. They are also told to talk their father into refusing the case. Pandit refuses to listen to his sons and asks them to leave. It is revealed that Sweety has a nerdy sister, Gajgamini "Golu" Gupta who is very close to Bablu and they both like each other, Golu always ask Sweety not be in a relationship with Munna because he is very violent also she supports Sweety to be with Guddu, and that their father is a corrupt cop who takes bribes from Kaleen. Munna is interested in Sweety, who refuses him constantly, despite his friend's threats and jibes. Guddu and Bablu force the dead groom's father to withdraw the case. Initially, they refuse, but when Guddu hangs the brother-in-law from the balcony, he agrees to withdraw the case. Rati Shankar, an old rival of Tripathi, sends a man to kill Munna. Munna survives and kills the man. Rati's son Sharad suggests his father take revenge when Tripathi isn't at Mirzapur.