While the blood-splattered city of Mirzapur is back for the third time, with more gore but less purpose. However, powerful performances and a loaded buildup notwithstanding, we are left hanging in the finale. We get a lot of shocking revelations, which leave room for a plethora of unanswered questions. All the threads are loose, with multiple doors open for the characters to conveniently spring their way back into future seasons. Clearly, the makers want to cash upon the immense popularity of the hinterland-based series and expand the franchise by dipping their toes into crime syndicates in other parts of Uttar Pradesh or even elsewhere. There is also a mid-credit scene where we see an unexpected conversation between two prominent characters, which might overturn the entire game in seasons to come.
The character arcs of Rajesh Tailang, Isha Talwar, and Vijay Verma are well-written. The 10th episode is spectacular, and the show reaches its peak in the last half an hour as the makers throw multiple surprises.
Season 3 entirely belongs to Ali Fazal, Shweta Tripathi Sharma, and Anjumm Shharma. Isha Talwar, Vijay Varma, Rasika Dugal, and Rajesh Tailang lend excellent support. Pankaj Tripathi has limited screen time, but he makes up for it with his ferocious screen presence in the finale.
One such good performances stands out is by Actor Shyam Kishore who plays Uma Dutt, is the recent addition to the Bahubali gang. With his booming voice in the very first episode he cannot go unnoticed, where he threatens Golu saying “Ye Mirzapur nahi hai, Yahan ke Bahubali hum hain”. this scene is also been referred as one of the three most dangerous and gore of the season 3. But the kind of performance Shyam Kishore has given is commendable, he has underplayed this so naturally that he has not added to the gore but has been able to shift the focus from it pretty soon and to the context and subtext.
He is there in further episodes as well in 5-6 scenes and has maintained his demeanor and the character gracefully so that it stands out at times. Given a bit more of the length, his character would have made a big mark as he comes across as that kind of Bahubali who is a no nonsense person and Actor Shyam Kishore has justified it to the core. Hopefully the makers would have also noticed the love this character is getting which might land Shyam Kishore a bigger pie in season 4.
Further when we enquired about him we got to know that Actor Shyam Kishore comes from NSD and has done a few interesting characters in many decent projects namely, Sacred Games, Afsos, The Trial, Haseen Dilruba, Shaurya, Lamhaa etc. Shyam Kishore has also done an international series in a primary role called Slave Market. His Next release is going to be film Bloody Ishq written by Mahesh Bhatt and directed by Vikram Bhatt, where Shyam Kishore will be sharing screen space with Avika Gor & Vardaan Puri. Bloody Ishq is releasing on Disney Hotstar on 26th July. Shyam Kishore talks very fondly of this film Bloody Ishq as on the very first day of the shoot he happened to meet Mahesh Bhatt who liked Shyam’s performance a lot and gave a few valuable tips as well.
Shyam also got tremendous appreciation from Director Vikram Bhatt for his fine and to the point performance. Director Vikram Bhatt also gave Shyam Kishore a very nice and cool look for the film in the detective’s role. With two back to back releases Shyam Kishore’s career is moving in the right direction as he is currently busy taking narrations of upcoming projects.
Other principal characters have also evolved. Shukla is more cautious of his moves than ever, Beena is back to her confident avatar, Dimpy (Harshita Gaur) has picked up on the assertiveness of her brothers, and the recently widowed Madhuri Devi (Isha Talwar) has vowed to put an end to this violence, once and for all, by uprooting the concept of “Mirzapur ki gaddi”.
However, the most drastic change comes in the arc of Pankaj Tripathi’s Kaleen Bhaiya, the mobster who started it all. From the ruthless gangster that we know, he has grown into a grieving father who seems to have given up on everything. His limited screen time creates a biting void that is likely to disappoint series loyalists.
While the third season is a significant improvement over the sluggish previous series, the original magnetism of the show is still only found in traces, often marred by overstretched and overburdened writing. The show continues to dwell on the mistakes it made in the previous season, with several sub-plots bloating the episodes. While they might eventually become necessary background for upcoming seasons, at present many of these don’t add much value to the storyline, except for an extended runtime for the ardent fans of the series to enjoy.
There is a sultry scene thrown in the season finale, too, which seems completely out of place and uncalled for. While Mirzapur has never shied from including bold scenes in the past, they would often add meat to the story, unlike this one.
The show is also full of rich visual metaphors. The dialogues are meme-worthy. The writing is sharp, the world seems real, the costumes are authentic, the casting is bang-on, the actors superlative. All departments—including music, camera work, direction and editing—excel. Few shows manage to hold attention in Season 3 but this one shines extra. Mirzapur 3 is strong in sound and fury. It will grab you and won’t let you go for nearly ten hours.
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