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Mirzapur II

 

I just finished watching Mirzapur II and this time around probably I was looking at it slightly differently than the last. The characters of the series are exaggerated versions what we see everyday probably. Munna Tripathi constantly wanting to prove himself for whatever it was worth . Guddu, Golu and Beena all screaming revenge. 

Munna is on a pointless quest and is seemingly destructive all his life waiting for an approval from his father. How many times are we on a quest for seeking someone's approval? And is it absolutely necessary? He probably spent his entire lifetime just doing that. A colossal waste of time. 

He is also sadly unlucky with matters of the heart . But he is learning to love and he does get there. All he needed was some reassurance. 
Guddu, Golu and Beena on the other are each carrying boulders of very very intense grief and pain . And their only reason for existence has become revenge. What a wasted emotion again?
Could they have let go of the intense revenge which came from a place of grief? Maybe.
None of these characters are portrayed as helpless or victims, but in contrast they have some sense of strength. 

While they have moved on in their lives they still carry with them this mountain of emotions which they want to avenge . And sometimes that is not the only way. The other way is that may you learn to let go in the process, however difficult it is. Or you spend a life time of harnessing these emotions at your core. 

Also each of these characters do find love because someone sees the beauty in the beasts they had become.









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