The New Indian Express ·
Mirzapur Movie Review: Gunfire, gaalis and a fun return to Purvanchal
“Mirzapur’s throne can’t be inherited. It can’t be won through politics. It can only be captured through muscle power and retained through fear,” the baritone voiceover of Pankaj Tripathi’s baahubali-businessman Akhandanand Tripathi aka Kaleen bhaiyya welcomes the viewer back to the bullet-holed, blood-stained world of Mirzapur. The acclaimed Prime Video series, directed by Gurmeet Singh and created by Karan Anshuman and Puneet Krishna, gets a big-screen presentation in Mirzapur: The Movie. Given its genre, the film smartly steers clear of turning into a box office-desperate gorefest which plays up the high-points of the franchise for easy wins. It’s more composed and doesn’t resort to cheap callbacks. There is an attempt to showcase an offshoot chapter of the series, just that it drags through a bit too many pages.
Cast: Pankaj Tripathi, Divyenndu, Ali Fazal, Jitendra Kumar and Rasika Dugal
The Tripathis need to increase their business. Scheming Politician JP Yadav (Pramod Pathak) is nagging Akhandanand for party funds. The kingpin orders his pawns Guddu (Ali Fazal) and Babloo Pandit (new entrant Jitendra Kumar) to find a money-making deal. Enter a new character Babban Babua (Ravi Kishan), a Rajasthan-based baahubali who has a drugs consignment, which he had nicked off his partner, to sell. The series’ beloved, volatile prodigal son Munna (Divyenndu) makes a return too. He is still trying to score his father’s approval while he burns with jealousy against the Pandit brothers.
