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Tigmanshu Dhulia Criticizes Mirzapur's Exaggerated Portrayal of Purvanchal
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News18•21-09-2026, 18:54
Tigmanshu Dhulia Criticizes Mirzapur's Exaggerated Portrayal of Purvanchal
- •Filmmaker Tigmanshu Dhulia questions Mirzapur's depiction of Purvanchal, stating it heavily exaggerates crime and lawlessness.
- •Dhulia emphasizes that the Hindi heartland is diverse, with Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan each having distinct identities, not a single stereotype.
- •He argues that locations, geography, dialect, and social structure are crucial to storytelling and should not be flattened into generic violence.
- •Dhulia found Gangs of Wasseypur's portrayal of its world more accurate compared to Mirzapur's unrealistic depiction of weapons and lawlessness.
- •His latest film, Ghamasaan, based on dacoit Dadua, also explores the crime-heavy terrain of the Hindi heartland, starring Pratik Gandhi and Arshad Warsi.
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Tigmanshu Dhulia criticized the series for heavily exaggerating crime, lawlessness, and the manufacturing of weapons, stating that such conditions do not actually happen. He argued that the show flattens the distinct identities of regions like Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan into a single stereotype.
Directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia and written by Piiyush Singh and Ram Yash Singh, Ghamasaan is based on dacoit Dadua and centers on a conflict involving a dacoit and an IPS officer. The film stars Pratik Gandhi, Arshad Warsi, Rajpal Yadav, and Ishita Dutta, and it premiered on ZEE5 on September 11, 2026.
Tigmanshu Dhulia stated that he found Gangs of Wasseypur to be comparatively closer to the world it sought to portray than Mirzapur.
