Mirzapur is an Indian Hindi-language action crime thriller 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 Mihir 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.


The series was filmed mostly across Uttar Pradesh, primarily shot in Mirzapur, and other locations including Jaunpur, Azamgarh, Ghazipur, Lucknow, Raebareli, Gorakhpur, and Varanasi. Sanjay Kapoor served as the cinematographer, with Manan Mehta and Anshul Gupta edited the series. John Stewart Eduri composed the background score.


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 and Ali Fazal, received rave response.[5][6][7] It eventually became the most popular streaming series in India, after Sacred Games.[8] The second season of Mirzapur was released on 23 October 2020.[9][10] The third season of the show was released on 5 July 2024.[11][12][13][14]

Pankaj Tripathi as Akhandanand Tripathi a.k.a. "Kaleen Bhaiya": He runs a carpet business along with the business of production of illegal guns (katta). He is a cunning and power-obsessed man, Satyanand's elder son, Beena's husband, and Munna's father.

Divyenndu as Phoolchand Tripathi a.k.a. "Munna": Kaleen Bhaiya's son, Satyanand's grandson, and Madhuri's husband. He is obsessed with becoming the "King of Mirzapur" which leads to frequent arguments with his father, Akhandanand.

Ali Fazal as Govind "Guddu" Pandit: Ramakant and Vasudha's elder son, Sweety's husband, and later Shabnam's lover. He wanted to be Mr. Purvanchal after winning the contest but later worked as an employee in Kaleen Bhaiya's illegal business of guns.

Vikrant Massey as Vinay "Bablu" Pandit: Ramakant and Vasudha's younger son, who was excellent in studies and wanted to be an IAS Officer by clearing UPSC exam, but later worked as an employee in Kaleen Bhaiya's illegal business of guns. He later got shot by Munna on Akhandanand's order.(Season 1)

Shriya Pilgaonkar as Swaragini "Sweety" Gupta Pandit: Parshuram's elder daughter, Golu's sister and Guddu's wife. She was a strong and independent woman.

Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Satyanand Tripathi a.k.a. "Bauji": Former King of Mirzapur; Akhandanand's father and Munna's grandfather who is the patriarch of the Tripathi family. He is a ruthless and male-dominative man. He blackmailed Beena and coerced her to have sex with him.

Lilliput as Devdatt Tyagi a.k.a. "Dadda": Bharat and Shatrughan's father, and Geeta's husband. He is a dealer of alcohol and stole motors and a powerful man of Bihar.

Rasika Dugal as Beena Tripathi: Akhandanand's second wife, Satyanand's daughter-in-law and Munna's stepmother.

Shweta Tripathi as Gajgamini "Golu" Gupta: A nerdy, intelligent college student who always reads books; Parshuram's younger daughter and Sweety's younger sister. Her character becomes more dark and violent when she sets to take revenge after Munna killed Bablu and Sweety.

Isha Talwar as Madhuri Yadav Tripathi, Surya's daughter, Munna's wife. She becomes the CM of Uttar Pradesh after her father dies.

Vijay Varma in a double role as twins Bharat Tyagi (Devdatt and Geeta's elder son, and Saloni's husband) and Shatrughan Tyagi (Devdatt and Geeta's younger son, and Golu's love interest)

Amit Sial as Senior Superintendent of Police Ram Sharan Maurya, Special Officer assigned to Mirzapur

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