Behind the scenes with Mirzapur cast and crew at XLRI fest
Session attended by 227 participants; comedians, other personalities address event too
Day two of XLRI’s annual fest Ensemble-Valhalla brought Mirzapur writer and creator Puneet Krishna and actors Ali Fazal, Anjum Sharma, and Harshita Gaur, who discussed the story behind the scenes of the blockbuster web series on Saturday.
During the panel discussion attended by 227 participants, Krishna, who is an XLRI alumnus, talked about the idea behind Mirzapur.
"I belong to Jaunpur where such incidents were common. Students waive weapons during college elections and violence is rampant. So this was nothing new to me. I wanted to make a film on the story but I guess thankfully it didn't happen otherwise the web series and its success wouldn't have happened," said Krishna, who is a 2000-2002 batch alumnus and was also the secretary of the Marketing Association of XLRI (Maxi).