Mirzapur is stepping out of the streaming world and onto the big screen, and along with the excitement, there’s been plenty of chatter around what it cost to make and what the actors are pocketing for it.
Movie Budget
The film is being made on an estimated budget of around Rs 250 crore. That puts it firmly in big-ticket territory for a Bollywood release this year, and it means the makers will need the film to cross Rs 500 crore worldwide just to break even comfortably. Nothing here is officially confirmed by the production house, so treat this as a trade estimate rather than a hard number.
Cast Information
The film brings back the original faces fans grew attached to across three seasons:
- Pankaj Tripathi as Kaleen Bhaiya
- Ali Fazal as Guddu Pandit
- Divyenndu Sharma as Munna Tripathi
- Ravi Kishan as Babban Yadav
- Jitendra Kumar as Bablu Pandit (stepping in after Vikrant Massey exited the project)
- Shweta Tripathi Sharma as Golu Gupta
Cast Salary
Here’s what each actor is reportedly charging for the film:
- Pankaj Tripathi: Rs 15 crore — the highest fee among the cast, and not surprising given Kaleen Bhaiya is still the character everything else in the story revolves around
- Ali Fazal: Rs 4 crore
- Divyenndu Sharma: Rs 3 crore
- Ravi Kishan: Rs 2 to 2.5 crore
- Jitendra Kumar: Rs 1.5 crore
- Shweta Tripathi Sharma: Rs 95 lakh
Just a heads-up, none of these figures have come from the actors or the studio directly. They’re doing the rounds in trade circles, so take them as informed guesses rather than confirmed pay checks.
Advance Bookings Are Picking Up Fast
This is where things are getting genuinely interesting. Bookings opened on August 31, and the film crossed 31,000 tickets for its opening day within the first 24 hours, pushing gross pre-sales past Rs 1 crore. Add block seats to that and the number is closer to Rs 2 crore already, with three full days still left before release.
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National chains like PVR INOX and Cinepolis alone have already crossed 20,000 tickets sold. Trade watchers had originally pegged the opening around Rs 10 to 15 crore, but with this kind of early momentum, that number has now been revised upward to a possible Rs 15 to 20 crore opening day.
Part of the push is coming from the Janmashtami holiday landing right around release, which usually gives footfall a nice bump. The film has also picked up an A certificate from the CBFC, with a few cuts made to intimate scenes and some dialogue, and it runs just over three hours. Long runtime, adult certificate, and all that — the advance numbers suggest none of it is slowing fans down.