Hindustan Times ·
Rasika Dugal says her Mirzapur character is villainised while men are 'revered' for doing same things
Rasika Dugal talks to Hindustan Times about the polarising reaction her character's actions get in Mirzapur The Movie. Spoilers ahead!
For eight years, across three seasons and now a blockbuster film, Rasika Dugal has lived and breathed Beena Tripathi. The unconventional homemaker-turned-femme fatale has divided fans since she appeared in Mirzapur season 1 in November 2018. Over the years, she - and Rasika - has earned fans and also faced criticism. And now, as Mirzapur The Movie presents the character in a new light, Rasika sits down with Hindustan Times to discuss the response to her character and the supposed double standards of the audience.
‘People are open to revering men, not women’