Mirzapur (Season 1)

Mirzapur (Season 1) Web Series Details:

Genre	Crime, Thriller, Action
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Season	1
Episodes	9
Release date	16 November 2018
Running time	38–65 minutes
Age rating	TV-MA
Starring	Pankaj Tripathi Ali Fazal Vikrant Massey Divyendu Sharma Rasika Dugal Shweta Tripathi Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Created by	Karan Anshuman Puneet Krishna
Directed by	Gurmmeet Singh Mihir Desai Karan Anshuman
Written by	Puneet Krishna Vineet Krishna Karan Anshuman
Produced by	Kumar Rahul Puneet Krishna
Executive producer	Farhan Akhtar Kassim Jagmagia Ritesh Sidhwani
Cinematography by	Sanjay Kapoor
Edited by	Manan Mehta Anshul Gupta
Music by	John Stewart Eduri
Casting by	Anmol Ahuja Abhishek Banerjee
Production Company	Excel Entertainment
Distributor	Amazon Prime Video

Mirzapur (Season 1) Web Series Cast & Character:

• Pankaj Tripathi as Akhandanand Tripathi a.k.a. “Kaleen Bhaiya”
• Ali Fazal as Guddu Pandit
• Divyendu Sharma as Phoolchand Tripathi a.k.a. “Munna”
• Shweta Tripathi as Golu Gupta
• Rasika Dugal as Beena Tripathi
• Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Satyanand Tripathi aka Bauji
• Harshita Gaur as Dimpy Pandit
• Shaji Chaudhary as Maqbool
• Rajesh Tailang as Ramakant Pandit
• Sheeba Chaddha as Vasudha Pandit
• Amit Sial as RS Maurya
• Shriya Pilgaonkar as Sweety Gupta
• Anjum Sharma as Sharad Shukla
• Vikrant Massey as Bablu Pandit
• Nitin Mahesh Joshi as Raja
• Aasif Khan as Babar
• Bramhaswaroop Mishra as Lalit
• Shernavaz Jijina as Shabnam
• Shahnawaz Pradhan as Parshuram Gupta
• Pramod Pathak as JP Yadav
• Prashansa Sharma as Radhiya
• Anangsha Biswas as Zarina
• Anil George as Lala
• Abhishek Banerjee as Compunder
• rashant Kumar as Pankaj
• Kiara Sadh as Lippi
• Jitendra Shastri as Usman
• Shubhrajyoti Barat as Rati Shankar Shukla
• Manu Rishi Chadha as IG
• Mukesh S. Bhatt as Haseena
• B Shantanu as Judge
• Asif Khan as Babar
• Arpit Gupta as Jasmine
• Amarjeet Shah as Inspector Dixit
• Praveen Tiwari as Inspector
• Danish Merchant as Liquor Baron Chadda
• Sukhwinder Chahal as Groom’s Father
• Ashok Kumar Beniwal as Special Cop Sinha
• Divyansh Dwivedi as Gadadhari

Storyline:

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.

About Mirzapur (Season 1) Web Series:

Mirzapur is an Indian action crime thriller streaming web series created for Amazon Prime Video, by Karan Anshuman and Puneet Krishna, who wrote the script along with 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. Rithesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar of Excel Entertainment produce the series.

It stars Pankaj Tripathi, Shweta Tripathi, Divyendu Sharma, Ali Fazal, Vikrant Massey, Shriya Pilgaonkar, Rasika Dugal, Harshita Gaur and Kulbhushan Kharbanda.

Rithesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar, said that the series is loosely based on the Netflix series Narcos.

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 editing the series. John Stewart Eduri composed the background score.

Filming of first season began on 27 September 2017, with the badminton sequence being the first scene to be shot. Ali Fazal and Shweta Tripathi joined the sets in Varanasi on 30 September. Shooting of the series was wrapped up in June 2018.

The first season of Mirzapur was released on 16 November 2018. The series opened to positive response from audiences, while critics gave mixed reviews. The cast members’ performances, particularly Pankaj Tripathi’s, received rave response. It eventually became the most popular web series in India, after Sacred Games.

The second season of Mirzapur was released on 23 October 2020. The show’s third season will be expected in 2024 as its cast is on its way.

Mirzapur (Season 1) Episodes List:

Mirzapur S1, Episode 1: JHANDU

November 16, 2018 | 53min
A shocking incident at a wedding procession ignites a series of events entangling the lives of two families in the lawless city of Mirzapur.

Mirzapur S1, Episode 2: GOODA

November 16, 2018 | 45min
Guddu and Bablu have a life-altering choice to make. Munna gets a lesson in loyalty. A new, diabolical contender for Mirzapur emerges.

Mirzapur S1, Episode 3: WAFADAR

November 16, 2018 | 43min
A generation-old rivalry is rekindled.

Mirzapur S1, Episode 4: VIRGINITY

November 16, 2018 | 43min
Akhandanand tests the boys’ moral fibre, leading them down a path of no return. And Sweety must choose between Munna and Guddu.

Mirzapur S1, Episode 5: BHAUKAL

November 16, 2018 | 49min
Guddu and Bablu hatch an ambitious plan to increase the gun trade, but for this, both the cops and criminals of Mirzapur must cooperate.

Mirzapur S1, Episode 6: BARFI

November 16, 2018 | 47min
A meeting of the mafia heads of Purvanchal masquerading as a Holi party leads to a fracas’ that threatens to transform all equations.

Mirzapur S1, Episode 7: LIONS OF MIRZAPUR

November 16, 2018 | 53min
Guddu and Bablu have come into their own in their private and professional lives as gangsters. But is it time for a rethink?

Mirzapur S1, Episode 8: TANDAV

November 16, 2018 | 47min
Tempers reach a head between Guddu and Bablu while they’re in exile. And it’s time for the Mr. Purvanchal contest.

Mirzapur S1, Episode 9: YOGYA

November 16, 2018 | 47min
Three generations of Tripathis show the world who they really are.