Mirzapur is an Indian action crime thriller streaming television series created for Amazon Prime Video, by Karan Anshuman, who wrote the script along with Puneet Krishna & 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. The series is produced by Rithesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar of Excel Entertainment.[1] The story follows Akhandanand Tripathi (Pankaj Tripathi), also known as Kaleen Bhaiya, the mafia don and proverbial ruler of Mirzapur in the Purvanchal region of Uttar Pradesh.[2] In the first season, the main cast features Pankaj Tripathi, Shweta Tripathi, Divyendu Sharma, Ali Fazal, Vikrant Massey, Shriya Pilgaonkar, Rasika Dugal, Harshita Gaur and Kulbhushan Kharbanda.[3] The second season retains the principal cast from the first season, excluding Massey and Pilgaonkar, with new cast consisting of Vijay Varma, Isha Talwar, Lilliput, Anjum Sharma, Priyanshu Painyuli, Anangsha Biswas and Neha Sargam.
| Mirzapur |
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| Genre | Crime
Thriller
Action |
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| Created by | - Karan Anshuman
- Puneet Krishna
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| Directed by | - Karan Anshuman
- Gurmeet Singh
- Mihir Desai
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| Starring | see Cast section |
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| Music by | Anand Bhaskar |
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| Opening theme | "Mirzapur Theme Song" |
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| Composer | John Stewart Eduri |
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| Country of origin | India |
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| Original language | Hindi |
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| No. of seasons | 2 |
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| No. of episodes | 19 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producers | Ritesh Sidhwani
Farhan Akhtar
Kassim Jagmagia |
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| Cinematography | Sanjay Kapoor |
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| Editors | Manan Ashwin Mehta
Anshul Gupta |
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| Running time | 38–65 minutes |
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| Production company | Excel Entertainment |
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| Network | Amazon Video |
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| Release | 16 November 2018 –
present |
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The first season of Mirzapur was released on 16 November 2018.[4] The series opened to positive response from audiences, while critics gave mixed reviews.[5] The performances of the cast members, particularly Pankaj Tripathi's, received rave response.[5] It eventually became the most popular web series in India, after Sacred Games.[6] The second season of Mirzapur was released on 23 October 2020.[7][8] The third season of the show will be expected in 2024 as its cast is on its way.[9][10][11]
Part 1
