After the events of Mirzapur season 2, a new chapter has started for Guddu (Ali Fazal) and Golu (Shweta Tripathi Sharma), both healing from the loss of their loved ones. However, they barely have the time or space to do so because, in Mirzapur fashion, their primary goal is to consolidate their right on the Purvanchal throne. Guddu Pandit might be a menacing figure but is he nearly as influential as the throne’s previous resident Akhandanand (Pankaj Tripathi)? Ali Fazal in a still from Mirzapur season 3.
(Photo Courtesy: YouTube) Akhandanand (or Kaleen bhaiya) is written as the most natural ruler in Mirzapur ’s setting – he is one of the few male characters who think first and act later – someone who values the effect the fear of violence can have over that of the violence itself. This season, Kaleen doesn’t loom over the show as largely as he did – he is now a shadow of his former self. Unlike Guddu, who takes his brush with death as a reason to become more reckless and violent, Kaleen uses it as a sign to slow down and think.
ADVERTISEMENT REMOVE AD Mirzapur has always been a game of brain vs. brawl and a lingering support for the ‘brain’ has existed in the show’s fabric. A person that doesn’t think five steps ahead is not worthy of the Purvanchal throne; even thinking four steps ahead isn’t enough.
Season 3, unlike the previous installments, focuses on the ‘brain’ – for 10 episodes a lot happens but barely anything progresses. Everyone in Mirzap.
