Mirzapur returns to its throne with blood, dust, and a running time that dares you to look away. Gurmmeet Singh directs this 197-minute continuation with the confidence of a director who knows exactly what his audience wants, and Puneet Krishna’s script gives the old rivalries fresh fuel. The result is loud, uneven, and mostly worth it.
Akhandanand Tripathi’s Long Shadow
Pankaj Tripathi returns as Akhandanand Tripathi, and he still commands every room he enters. Divyendu Sharma’s Phoolchand Tripathi and Rasika Dugal’s Beena Tripathi orbit him with the same simmering menace that built this franchise. The Tripathi family drama has always been the core of this world, and the film leans on it hard.
Guddu and Bablu’s Climb
Ali Fazal’s Govind Pandit and Jitendra Kumar’s Vinay Pandit are still fighting to carve out territory of their own. Their arc is the true engine here, two men trying to become kings in a city that eats them alive. It works, mostly because Fazal and Kumar have earned this history.
Babban Babua Arrives
Ravi Kishan’s Babban Babua is the film’s biggest new swing, and it lands. He barges into the power struggle with fresh ambition, and his scenes carry real force. This is the performance to watch.
The action set pieces deliver the chaos this world promises, and the dialogue still has teeth. But the film is padded. Entire stretches feel like table-setting rather than a moving story, and the plot rarely surprises anyone who has followed the Tripathis this far.
“The 197-minute film unfolds like four extra episodes of the bullet-proof first season.”
That’s the honest read from The Hollywood Reporter India. This isn’t a bold new start. It’s a victory lap that runs long.
Where the Running Time Drags
The slow sections are real. Big screen scale and humour carry the film through its rough patches, but the story leans hard on past glory instead of momentum, and the plot grows easy to guess. Trim thirty minutes and this is a tighter, meaner film.
Still, it knows how to stay in its lane, papering over its weak bits.
The Money Behind It
Interest in more Mirzapur is plain in the figures.
| Source | Figure |
|---|---|
| One source | Box office stood at ₹111.76 crore, 10th highest-grossing Hindi film of 2026 |
| One tracker | Collected ₹131.5 crores in 4 days across 44305 shows |
| Another tracker | Overall worldwide box office collection at ₹174.9 crore |
Exact final totals vary by tracking source and were still being updated as of the latest reports.
Is It Worth The Seat
Yes, if you already love this chaotic world. The returning cast, Ravi Kishan’s entrance, the action, and the dialogue all justify the trip to the cinema.
The story is familiar and the running time punishing, but the Tripathis, the Pandit brothers, and Babban Babua still make Mirzapur worth fighting over.
This is a sequel that trades ambition for comfort, and mostly gets away with it.
