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The new poster of Mirzapur 2 is quite telling of the bhaukaal that lies ahead in the new season of Amazon Prime’s tentpole show which returns on October 23.
Mirzapur’s first season finished at a delicious point that calls for revenge. While Ali’s character had a considerable amount of action last season, for Shweta Tripathi the show is an uncharted territory. In the first season itself, her character Golu comes off as a no-nonsense, resilient woman but it’s in the new season that her character blooms completely. Up in arms to avenge her sister’s death, the actress will be seen doing a lot of heavy duty action scenes.
Shweta Tripathi tells us, “I still remember the first time I held a gun; the loud shook me completely. I knew right then that I had to train for this. We used real guns and so I worked with stunt director Manohar Verma for the next 10 days at his training arcade near Film City. I used to take Cheeta (Chaitnya Sharma, husband) on training sessions and he was supremely excited to see me push the boundaries and prepare for Golu 2.0. I used to put on earplugs and music while training. The real confidence came on the set. While emoting and blazing guns, making sure it’s all smooth, was a tough one to pull off. Especially for someone like me because I don’t like violence but this is not Shweta but Golu’s journey. I am living Golu’s life. One of my first days of shoot in Mumbai, and I extensively prepared myself emotionally. This is the first time I was doing action and I had started much in advance to train physically. The character has an interesting arc and we see her in a very different light in this season. She couldn’t have looked like Golu from season 1. I would finish shooting and train daily. We don’t see many women holding guns so if I am doing it, I wanted to do it well.”
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