I Signed ‘Mirzapur 1’ Because of Season 2: Shweta Tripathi

Shweta Tripathi talks about her experience of holding a real gun for the first time in Mirzapur 2.

Shweta Tripathi in Mirzapur 2.

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Shweta Tripathi who played the goody-two-shoes character of Gajgamini 'Golu' Gupta in first season of Amazon Prime Video's Mirzapur is back once again in Mirzapur 2. But this time her character shows a drastic transformation. The actor tells The Quint why it was difficult for her to play Golu the second time.

Shweta also talks about how the women characters in Mirzapur, who were mostly shown as submissive in the first season, are now dominating the show in the second season.

“I think that’s the patriarchal society we live in. Specially in a place like Mirzapur where the power games are mostly played by men. There are hardly any women. But in season two you will see a huge change in terms of characters, graphs and depths. I signed on season one because of season two.”

Shweta Tripathi, Actor

Talking about violence in OTT shows becoming a predictable element Shweta says,

“With all my projects, I at times want to put people in an uncomfortable spot. At least you should get a glance of what is happening in the society that you live in. For me Mirzapur is more about...Yes, there is violence, blood, gore and all of this but it’s also about relationships.”

Shweta Tripathi, Actor

With teenagers having easy access to the content on OTT platforms Shweta believes that content makers should exercise their freedom to express themselves with some amount of responsibility. "We need to have stricter rules and norms. We have to respect our rights and also freedom of speech and expression as an artist. Having said that because we have that freedom, we need to be more responsible," says Shweta.