Actor Shweta Tripathi is returning to the big screen after a while with the Mirzapur film spinoff. Ahead of the film’s release, the actor spoke to Hindustan Times about life as an actor in the public eye and the qualities she has imbibed from her Mirzapur character Golu to help her as a public figure.
Whoever wants to understand will, and whoever doesn’t will probably understand in 10 years’ time, if not today. Mirzapur is set for a theatrical release in Hindi and Telugu on 4 September. Because i couldn’t stay frightened, but then, eventually, I decided to go ahead.
Giving a recent example, the actor adds, “Recently, I had to be on a podcast that talks about population and having a child or not. And my first reaction is, ‘Of course, I am going to do it. And I’m like, ‘I don’t know if people will understand what I am trying to say. I am not going to not say my opinion for the fear of, ‘Is clip ka edit kya hoga?’” The actor also feels that the increasing trend of asking actors pointed political questions for headlines serves no purpose. “We are actors, and we get that there is a kind of responsibility with what we say. But of course, we don’t know what is happening in many rooms, in documents, and in official decisions. So with that limited knowledge, when we are asked something, and we say something incorrect, you criticise. Shweta is awaiting the release of Mirzapur: The Movie. Directed by Gurmeet Singh, written by Puneet Krishna, and produced by Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar under the banner of Excel Entertainment, the film tells the origin story of the feud shown in Mirzapur, the series. The film also stars Ali Fazal, Pankaj Tripathi and Divyenndu, while Jitendra Kumar takes over from Vikrant Massey, who played Bablu Pandit in the show.
Arre, aap acting aur humari life ko pucho na (Ask us about acting and our life),” asserts the actor, before adding, “Also, as a society, we need to start respecting each other’s opinions.
