Updated On: 23 October, 2020 09:50 PM IST | Mumbai | Mayank Shekhar
Make no mistake still: Pankaj Tripathi and Ali Fazal starrer Mirzapur 2 is altogether as original as its much-loved prequel

Pankaj Tripathi in a still from Mirzapur 2. Image sourced from mid-day archives
More than anyone else, Mirzapur 2 is centred on Munna Tripathi (the undoubtedly 'bejod'/unique Divyendu Sharma). And for whatever it's worth, you have to give it to the low-life Munna—while the son of Mirzapur's top-don, he's not exactly a wastrel; chilling in the comfort of his destiny.
He goes out and works like a henchman on his own; breaking bones, building alliances. Whether he's particularly bright/intelligent is immaterial to the larger idea of legacy/dynasty. That these kids have to work doubly hard to prove themselves—for themselves—in the long run, is an aspect/insecurity that's seldom understood about nepotism, as a debate. Or an inherent fact of life—of crime, or otherwise.