Mirzapur (2018)
Mirzapur is a 2018 Hindi-language crime series created by Karan Anshuman and Puneet Krishna. It stars Ali Fazal, Pankaj Tripathi and Shweta Tripathi Sharma.
Guns move as freely as carpets in Mirzapur, where Akhandanand "Kaleen" Tripathi runs the district as both millionaire exporter and mafia don. His volatile son Munna wants the throne and will burn anything to get it. When a clash at a wedding procession drags the honest lawyer Ramakant Pandit and his sons Guddu and Bablu into Kaleen's orbit, ambition and revenge start feeding each other. This Amazon Prime Video crime thriller, set in the lawless Purvanchal region of Uttar Pradesh, trades in raw violence, coarse humor, and shifting loyalties, anchored by Pankaj Tripathi's cold, watchful crime boss.
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What is Mirzapur about?
Guns move as freely as carpets in Mirzapur, where Akhandanand "Kaleen" Tripathi runs the district as both millionaire exporter and mafia don. His volatile son Munna wants the throne and will burn anything to get it. When a clash at a wedding procession drags the honest lawyer Ramakant Pandit and his sons Guddu and Bablu into Kaleen's orbit, ambition and revenge start feeding each other. This Amazon Prime Video crime thriller, set in the lawless Purvanchal region of Uttar Pradesh, trades in raw violence, coarse humor, and shifting loyalties, anchored by Pankaj Tripathi's cold, watchful crime boss.
When was Mirzapur released?
Mirzapur was released on 15 November 2018.
How many episodes does Mirzapur have?
Mirzapur has 29 episodes across 3 seasons.
Who made Mirzapur?
Mirzapur was created by Karan Anshuman, Puneet Krishna and Vineet Krishnan.
Where can I watch Mirzapur?
Mirzapur is available on Prime Video.
Where to watch Mirzapur
Stream: Prime Video
Cast
- Ali Fazal as Govind Pandit / Guddu
- Pankaj Tripathi as Akhanda Tripathi / Kaleen Bhaiya
- Shweta Tripathi Sharma as Gajgamini Gupta / Golu
- Rasika Dugal as Beena Tripathi
- Harshita Gaur as Dimpy Pandit
- Sheeba Chaddha as Vasudha Pandit
- Rajesh Tailang as Ramakant Pandit
- Shaji Choudhary as Maqbool
- Anjum Sharma as Sharad Shukla
- Isha Talwar as Madhuri Tripathi
- Vijay Varma as Bharat Tyagi / Shatrugn Tyagi
- Priyanshu Painyuli as Robin Agarwal
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The dynasty-and-succession bloodline runs straight back to The Godfather, here as both Mario Puzo's novel and Coppola's film. For the same street-level hunger set to music, All Eyez on Me and Get Rich or Die Tryin' chronicle rising and reckoning in the drug trade, while Max Payne pours crime-family betrayal into a noir shooter.
Crime dynasties battling for the throne
Kaleen Tripathi runs Mirzapur as both exporter and don while his son Munna claws for the throne. These share that bloody family-succession war, from the Corleones in print and on screen and Tony Soprano's dynasty to the thieving clan of Animal Kingdom and Mario Puzo's later mafia saga.
Rise-and-fall epics of drugs, money and power
Mirzapur runs on ambition feeding revenge until the whole district burns. These trace the same climb-and-collapse arc, from the meth empire of Breaking Bad and the street economy of The Wire to the drug-queen reign of Queen of the South and hip-hop's own rise-from-nothing chronicles.
Brutal modern gangland thrillers from around the world
Set in the lawless Purvanchal badlands, Mirzapur trades in raw violence and shifting loyalties. These match that ground-level gangland grit, from London's warring crews in Gangs of London and Top Boy to the Irish family of Love/Hate, a Liverpool empire and a stone-cold hitman's daily routine.