“This One Is Only for the Followers”: Divyenndu on Munna Bhaiya’s big-screen return

Divyenndu is about to return as Munna Bhaiya, probably the most beloved and feared characters of Indian streaming, this time on the massive display. Forward of the movie’s launch, the actor opened up about what it takes to revisit an iconic character, the intuition that drives his selections and why this comeback feels larger than himself.

On what goes into constructing a personality as iconic as Munna Bhaiya, Divyenndu shared, “I’m very fortunate that I get a number of author-backed characters. I’m grateful to the makers and the writers for truly having this type of perception in me, that I am going to have the ability to pull off these characters. In terms of my manner of constructing a personality and dealing on it, one factor is all the time on the core of it: I all the time attempt to make them extra relatable and human and never simply take the straightforward manner out to discover the character. I wish to take my possibilities; I wish to take dangers and audiences have all the time rewarded me for that. So, I believe experimenting with characters is, partly, someplace inside me as an actor and I really feel actually full after I categorical myself in making these characters extra so fearlessly.”

Speaking about what this return means to him personally, he added, “To return again with the movie, it’s like how life comes full circle. I’m each excited and nervous on the identical time. How would folks react and see Munna coming again, whether or not I’ve achieved justice to it or not? So, it’s a bag stuffed with feelings, however above all the things, I believe this one is only for the followers.”

As anticipation builds for Divyenndu’s return as Munna Bhaiya, the actor steps again into an iconic position with the gratitude of somebody who is aware of precisely for whom he’s doing it. ‘Mirzapur: The Film’ premieres on September 4.