Mirzapur Season 3 (2024) Web series Review.

Synopsis:

Mirzapur Season 3 is the story of power and politics. After the events of the second season, Munna (Divyenndu) dies. His wife, Madhuri Devi (Isha Talwar), who’s also the Chief Minister of UP, decides to swear revenge. Sharad Shukla (Anjumm Sharma), who takes away an injured Kaleen Bhaiyya (Pankaj Tripathi) to a safehouse, meets Madhuri and makes it clear that he supports her idea of a ‘Bhay mukt pradesh’. However, he doesn’t tell her that he has saved Kaleen Bhaiyya. In Mirzapur, Guddu Pandit (Ali Fazal) usurps the throne of Mirzapur with the help of Golu (Shweta Tripathi Sharma) and Beena Tripathi (Rasika Dugal). But the other Baahubalis of Purvanchal refuse to recognize Guddu as the king of Mirzapur in the absence of Kaleen Bhaiyya’s dead body. Guddu is struggling to recognize himself as the legitimate Baahubali and on the other hand, his mother Vasudha (Sheeba Chadha) refuses to move in with him. His father, Ramakant Pandit (Rajesh Tailang) surrenders himself after killing SSP Maurya (Amit Sial). The former is so guilty about his crime that he refuses to fight his case and says nothing when the prosecution makes shocking allegations against him. In Siwan, Bihar, Shatrughan Tyagi aka Chote (Vijay Varma) survives while Bharat Tyagi aka Bade (Vijay Varma) dies. But everyone in the Tyagi family believes that it is Chote who is killed. Chote is trying his best to ensure that he survives without anyone, especially his father Dadda Tyagi (Liliput Faroqui), finding out the truth. What happens next forms the rest of the series.

Star Cast: Pankaj Tripathi, Ali Fazal, Shweta Tripathi Sharma, Rasika Dugal, Vijay Varma, Isha Talwar, Anjumm Shharma, Priyanshu Painyuli, Harshita Shekhar Gaur, Rajesh Tailang, Sheeba Chadha

Director: Gurmmeet Singh, Anand Iyer

Review:

The story is decent and a few plot points are arresting. And the screenplay works at several places as well. But overall, the writing is stretched unnecessarily. The dialogues like the previous 2 seasons are sharp and acidic. The cinematography is top-notch, especially in action scenes. The action, as per the theme of the show, is very gory.

Gurmmeet Singh and Anand Iyer's direction is fine. It’s not easy to handle a show whose previous seasons and its character have a loyal fan base. In this regard, they nicely take the story forward and also the changes that arise in the characters due to the changing circumstances. Moreover, it's interesting to see that almost everyone has a hidden agenda and you never know who’ll change their colours and when. A few scenes that stand out are all courtroom sequences, Guddu’s impressive stint in Nepal, the attack in Siwan and what happens thereafter, Guddu and Sharad’s confrontation in Jaunpur, the performance in the jail that goes awry etc. The last 10 minutes are also spectacular.

Sadly, the show is not without its share of shortcomings. Season 3 is excessively long – it has 10 episodes. One wouldn’t mind the long length of the goings-on are engaging from first scene to the last. But that doesn’t happen. On top of it, a few important tracks are conveniently forgotten and their culmination is not shown at all. Viewers, hence, will feel cheated because on one hand, the makers spend time on needless scenes and on the other, they give step-motherly treatment to certain characters. Secondly, there are portions of the show where the interest level drops. The entire political angle involving Madhuri Devi, J P Yadav etc fails to entice. A few developments are bewildering. Golu’s whereabouts are not known for more than 24 hours and yet no one from Munna’s gang even raises eyebrows. After all, she’s next to the King of Mirzapur and her absence should have rang alarm bells. Munna himself doesn’t call back Golu though she had called him twice a day before. He only remembers her once he’s back from Nepal! Lastly, a few important characters like Munna, Chote etc. often disappear from the show for a good 30-40 minutes or even more. Viewers are sure to miss them more now as a lot has changed since the last season. Ali Fazal, Vijay Varma and even Pankaj Tripathi, after all, have become much bigger stars and this aspect should have been taken care of.

Performances:

Ali Fazal gets into the skin of the character. His body language and expressions are apt for the role of a man who’s got power but doesn’t know how to handle it. Shweta Tripathi Sharma is outstanding and her track is the best of the lot. The way she plays mind games this time is seen to be believed. Rajesh Tailang’s track comes next and the show goes to a different level during his scenes. Pankaj Tripathi has limited screen time but makes up for it with his act. Rasika Dugal is dependable as always. Isha Talwar’s character arc is fascinating and she performs it ably. Anjumm Sharma gets more exposure this season compared to Season 2 and he makes good use of the opportunity. His dialogue delivery is powerful. Vijay Varma is impressive and one wishes he had more scenes. Priyanshu Painyuli (Robin), Sheeba Chadha, Harshita Shekhar Gaur (Dimpy Pandit), Shernavaz Jijina (Shabnam; Lala’s daughter), Pallav Singh (Rahim; poet) and Gyan Prakash (Home Minister Solanki) leave a huge mark.

On the whole, MIRZAPUR 3 rests on power-packed performances, unexpected twists and turns and some memorable moments. However, the excessive length and a few weak subplots prove to be a dampener. Nevertheless, due to the extreme popularity of the show, the new season is bound to get huge viewership.

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