Mumbai: Since its theatrical release on September 4, ‘Mirzapur: The Movie’ has received a strong response from fans. However, novelist and columnist Shobhaa De appears to be far from impressed with the film.
In an Instagram Reel, Shobhaa criticised the movie for what she felt was a lack of story. She also revealed that she fell asleep for 15 minutes during the film’s 3-hour-17-minute runtime.
Sharing her review, Shobhaa said, “I just finished watching Mirzapur The Movie. All I can say is the movie maybe should not have been made at all. I have not watched the series, but I went here with a lot of expectations, given the hype, given the whole build-up to the brand Mirzapur. And came away feeling, what the hell was going on?”
Further, praising a few members of the cast while criticising others, she said, “A fantastic star cast and the two standout performances for me are Ravi Kishan, just brilliant, and of course, Ali Fazal, who is unbelievably good as Guddu. Mr Tripathi playing Mr Tripathi in the movie, it’s become a bit too monotonous. It’s the same old expressions, the same old delivery.”
Shobhaa then pointed to what she described as a major surprise in the film.
She said, “But, well, in this there’s a big, big surprise is Mr Tripathi, a goody, goody, doing an actual sex scene. Yes, you heard right. Full on. That too with Rasika Dugal playing the Lady Macbeth or a vampish stepmother.”
Concluding her review, Shobhaa said, “Otherwise, there’s violence of every conceivable kind and for no reason, the story that goes nowhere, and frankly, I fell asleep for something like 15 minutes. And I heard two women at the back snoring too. Maybe it’s meant for men. It wasn’t meant for me.”
She captioned her post, “I spent 900 rupees on the ticket, 260 rupees on bhel, and close to 4 hours wondering why i was watching a movie which had multiple set pieces randomly strung together. I mean…come on …the dwarf? Camel’s milk? A menacing villain who stitches sexy bralets for his “love” ? A headless chicken, scampering for cover.”
‘Mirzapur: The Movie’, directed by Gurmeet Singh and written by Puneet Krishna, is backed by Excel Entertainment.
The film stars Pankaj Tripathi, Ali Fazal, Divyenndu, Jitendra Kumar and Ravi Kishan.
Based on the hit ‘Mirzapur’ series, the film has reportedly earned ₹197 crore worldwide since its release.