'Mirzapur 2' actor Harshita Gaur shares haunting memories of visiting Mirzapur as a child

Sadda Haq actor Harshita Gaur is all set to once again star in one of much-acclaimed series, Mirzapur season 2, which will stream on Amazon Prime. actor will reprise role of a central character, Dimpy Pandit, in action crime thriller series. Recently, Harshita Gaur went on to reveal about her hometown where she said that she “would have been killed on sight”.

According to Harshita Gaur’s spokesperson, actor said that when she speaks about Mirzapur, it makes her stalgic as she had spent a considerable amount of her time re. She added, “My naanaji and his younger bror were settled in Mirzapur. My naana eventually settled in Amritsar, but we used to visit our cousins in Mirzapur during summer holidays as a kid and I have actually seen guns and pistols in that home.”

Furr narrating story, she says, “I was in fifth or sixth grade when I would visit city and women used to be in ghoonghat till ir waists. Only a few years back I got to kw that my naani was actually fighting a case for long due to some illegal land grabbing and in fact, our family and nani was advised t to go to Mirzapur or Wasliganj because of threat of being killed on sight.”

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Harshita also revealed, “When I was offered series, it took me back to some childhood memories in a way my family has suffered and seen that part within family...like getting threats from an extended family.”

She added, “Even when I heard narration and read script, I had my childhood memories play out like a showreel as it wasn’t new to me, as years back if I was probably spotted in that city I would have been killed on sight.” Hence, actor said that she resonates with facts that things like this do happen.

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About show

makers of Mirzapur Season 2 revealed its release date in August. action thriller series will mark its return to Amazon Prime on October 23, 2020. series will feature actors like Ali Fazal, Pankaj Tripathi, Manu Rishi Chadha, Shweta Tripathi, Harshita Gaur, Rasika Dugal, Anjum Sharma, Sheeba Chaddha, Isha Talwar, Vijay Varma, Amit Sial, Priyanshu Painyuli, and Rajesh Tailang in pivotal roles.

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(With Inputs: PR)