Mirzapur 3 is streaming on Prime Video.
Sherrnavaz Jijina, who plays Shabnam in Mirzapur, defends season 3 saying ‘thanda nahi hai’. She adds that watching murder scenes in it still makes her squirm.
The third season of Mirzapur clearly belonged to its women – Golu, Beena, Madhuri and Shabnam. Her transition into an empowered woman who calls her own shots and takes over the reins of her father’s opium business captured the attention of many. And much like the audience, Sherrnavaz Sam Jijina who plays Shabnam is looking forward to what happens next and who will eventually reign as the king of Mirzapur.
In an exclusive chat with News18 Showsha, she hints that we won’t have to wait for too long before the next season hits. “It will happen super soon. Now everyone knows that there will be season four. The writing is on. They’re working on it. I’m sure that they’ll again come up with something that has a lot of shock value,” she tells us.
Season three ends on a cliffhanger and Sherrnavaz reveals that the writers are busy building a world that does justice to it. “We need to gauge and come up with more things that can shock people. I don’t know how they’re managing to do that season after season. Shock value is the USP of the series. I hope people keep watching and giving it love,” she adds.
As for the latest season, it has faced the wrath of Mirzapur loyalists for its ‘low bhaukaal’ quotient. Reacting to the same, Sherrnavaz says, “This season is a little different compared to the others. It’s more in the House Of Cards zone. There’s a strong political angle which was necessary for the show because you can’t have extreme violence all the time. This season is very smartly made. But thanda nahi padha hai. You’ve to scratch your brains.”
According to her, the fact that characters ‘use more of their brains’ than brawn makes this season novel and ‘new’. “It may come across as a little slow because it’s not as graphic. And since it’s still Mirzapur, there’s gaali galoch and comedy interwoven into shayaris. It’s still about the gaddi and how to get to it. I would like to compare this season to a game of chess with more players involved. The thing is people are watching it with expecting it to be like the first season,” she explains.
Back in 2018 when Mirzapur had begun, many called out its intense violence quotient. Sherrnavaz, in fact, also revealed earlier how she was left shocked by it when she read the script. So, how much violence is too much violence? “We’re in a creative space, so it’s very subjective. It’s the requirement of the show. Having said that, I still freak out if I see a murder scene in it,” she remarks.
Sherrnavaz continues, “Mirzapur is my show and these people are my family and when I watch such a scene, it gets to me. The amount of work we’ve put into every scene involving violence just astonishes me. We just deliver what the audience wants to see. When they tell us that they’ve seen enough of violence, we’ll go into a different direction. The same goes for intimate scenes.”
