Divyenndu has already begun counting days to 2025. Reason? The new year will mark his return to the Mirzapur universe. “We start shooting sometime next year,” says the actor.

Mirzapur—The Film is a perfect, although unusual, example of how there is no stopping a successful series. In a first, the popular Prime Video series will extend into a film, with Gurmmeet Singh at the helm, and Pankaj Tripathi, Ali Fazal, Shweta Tripathi Sharma and Abhishek Banerjee in front of the camera. Divyenndu’s character Munna bhaiyya was shown dead in the crime drama’s second season. But when the film came his way, the actor said an instant yes. “I have said that I am a selfish actor and I do a project for myself. But Mirzapur—The Film is one of those projects that I’ll do for friends and fans because they deserve it. When people give you so much love, you have to give it back. I’m happy that Excel Entertainment [production house] thought of making it into a film and releasing it on the big screen. It’s our return gift to the audience,” he smiles.