'Mirzapur 2' maker issues apology to author Surender Pathak for 'misrepresenting' his book

Mirzapur 2 makers have issued an apology to veteran author Surender Mohan Pathak. Apparently, show makers represented author’s 2010 Dhabba in wrong light where an excerpt from book is being read by character Satyanand Tripathi in show. Surender Mohan Pathak in his letter to makers of web series mentioned that scene gives a wrong idea about his life’s work as he has never made sex or violence hooks for his stories.

Mirzapur 2 makers apologise to Surender Mohan Pathak

In an interview with Indian Express, Surender Mohan Pathak expressed his displeasure about Mirzapur 2 makers using an excerpt from his book way y have. author said to media portal that in one sequence, a voiceover reads out an excerpt from his book but shows sexual context that "doesn’t exist in vel". He furr told portal that he has been writing pulp fiction for nearly 60 years "but sex or violence have never been hooks for my books". Surender Pathak told portal that he feels that "people will see this and think that this is my life’s work. This just seems to be mal-intentioned”.

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Puneet Krishna, one of creators of show took to social media handle of production company and shared an apology letter to Surender Mohan Pathak. In letter, Puneet mentioned that scene was t meant to hurt anyone’s sentiments. He furr assured that y shall rectify problem and shall “blur book-cover in scene or remove VO within a reasonable time of 3 weeks”.

Here is what letter read:

 It has been brought to my tice by you that re is a scene in recently released series-- Mirzapur Season 2 -- which depicts a character named Satyanand Tripathi, reading a book named `Dhabba` which has been written by you and this depiction is supplemented with an unrelated voiceover (VO) which has hurt your sentiments and sentiments of your fans and well-wishers."

We sincerely apologise for same and would like to convey to you that this was t done with any malicious intent or to tarnish/dam your reputation. We are aware that you are a writer of repute and your work is held in high regard in world of Hindi crime fiction.

We sincerely apologise for same and would like to convey to you that this was t done with any malicious intent or to tarnish/dam your reputation. We are aware that you are a writer of repute and your work is held in high regard in world of Hindi crime fiction."

Once again, please accept our sincerest apologies for inadvertently hurting your sentiments."

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Im credits: Mirzapur Amazon Instagram, Surender Mohan Pathak Facebook