Three seasons and millions of fans later, Mirzapurm The Movie made the leap from streaming to the big screen on September 4th. Presented by Amazon MGM Studios and Excel Entertainment, Mirzapur: The Movie, starring Pankaj Tripathi, Ali Fazal, Divyenndu, Jitendra Kumar, Radhika Dugal, Ravi Kishan and more, is directed by Gurmmeet Singh, written by Puneet Krishna, and produced by Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar under the banner of Excel Entertainment.
At a special event, the primary cast of the franchise—Ali Fazal, Divyenndu, Pankaj Tripathi, Shweta Tripathi, Rasika Dugal, Harshita Gaur and Shreya Pilgaonkar—alongside new additions Ravi Kishan, Jitendra Kumar, Sonal Chauhan, and Director Gurmmeet Singh visited Amazon India’s Hyderabad campus for All-India Meeting, to talk fan love, what the movie means to them, why this particular story needed a cinematic canvas and so much more!
Check out some excerpts from the conversation:
If you had to define Mirzapur in one word, what would it be?
Divyenndu: Bhaukaal is the word. It was always bhaukaal.
Ali Fazal: I think the word is jalwa. This film is not just ours—it belongs to the fans. They manifested it. If I had to sum it up, this film is for you.
Shweta Tripathi: Love. That’s what it is. Love hai humara. Hum sabka.
Harshita Gaur: Family. We’re such a big family, and so are the fans. In Mirzapur, we call it family. That’s the word that comes to mind.
Where did the idea to make a Mirzapur film come from?
Gurmmeet Singh: The fans manifested this. The love the series received over the years, the way people embraced it—our producers wanted to turn that love into a celebration. And this film is that celebration. It’s an absolutely new story. Everyone can come and enjoy it like a full-fledged picture—it’s larger than life, full of bhaukaal, a lot of fun. The show’s writers came from corporate backgrounds, marketing and sales, and that sensibility shows up in the film’s dialogue. Babban’s very first dialogue in the film is about inflicting two wounds with one strike, because cost-benefit analysis says that’s better. You’ll find language like that throughout the movie.
Tell us about Babban Yadav.
Ravi Kishan: You’ve loved Ravi Kishan for years, but you’ve never seen me in a character like this. A dangerous man who is also a lover. And his love, Mumtaz Bibi, is played by Sonal Chauhan. People use guns—I have a lovely little pair of scissors. I stab someone with it, into his stomach, and while I’m doing it I look down and say: “Arre saala, khoon kam nikal raha hai.” So I tell him: “Tera haemoglobin kam hai re.”
Jitendra, you’re best known for Panchayat. What was it like entering the Mirzapur universe?
Jitendra Kumar: Mirzapur is a very beautiful world. Being part of it was new for me, and I enjoyed it thoroughly.
Shriya, (Spoiler alert!) your character Sweety was murdered in Season 1. How does it feel to come back?
Shriya Pilgaonkar: Felt great to be back from the dead. The film is very fresh—there are nostalgic elements, but also a genuine togetherness in this team that translates onto the screen. That’s the reason the series works as well as it does.
Sonal, how was your first experience with the team?
Sonal Chauhan: My first experience with this team was actually with Ali. We were flying back from Dubai. He was on a different seat and I didn’t know he was on the same flight. He sent me a note that said “Welcome to Mirzapur”, it was very sweet. We got to talking, and from that flight onward, it felt like I was already part of the family.
What makes this film different from the series?
Ali Fazal: Within the film, we’ve fed in certain memories, the effect of which you’ll realize later when you watch the upcoming seasons. It’s very interesting and the logic fully checks out. Watch the film. There are very interesting things that Puneet ji and Guru have put in.
Rasika Dugal: Adding to what Ali said—we’ve already lived the future and are coming back to play these characters, so it was a very interesting experience in that way. And for Beena, I felt that within the film’s story, the character’s story has been given a context that I perhaps didn’t know before. But now that I know, it was a lot of fun playing that perspective.
Gurmmeet Singh: Actually, for the audience, it’s like a treasure chest. It’s like a game, the more you search, the more you’ll find. You can connect things, break them apart, twist them, and you’ll find something new within a new story. So for fans, there are a lot of hidden things within the film that you can discover.
What does this journey mean to you, personally?
Pankaj Tripathi: Whatever credit I get, I give it to Guru bhai—Gurmeet Singh. I’m blessed, and I’m thankful. Advance bookings are going strong across the world. This film won’t disappoint you. All your favourite characters will bring you joy.
Ravi Kishan: The songs are amazing. There’s a Nusrat Sahab track, “Saanson Ki Maala,” and a new voice from Bhopal—Madhur Sharma—unbelievable. That track plays over Rasika’s character, and it takes a dangerous turn when the song is playing and there’s a gun in her hands.
If you could play another character from Mirzapur, who would you choose?
Divyenndu: Kaleen Bhaiya. Without question. But Pankaj sir wouldn’t give it up easily.
Rasika Dugal: No, I wouldn’t give up my character. I’ll keep Beena, thank you.
Ravi Kishan: Destiny brought me to Babban Yadav, and Guru bhai gave me the opportunity. This is the role of a lifetime.
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