Rasika Dugal on why Mirzapur’s Beena Tripathi is the most ‘liberating’ role: ‘Her body language is…’ | EXCLUSIVE

Rasika Dugal and Beena Tripathi are two names that are inseparable. The Fairy Folk actress revealed why this has been her most liberating character yet.

Rasika Dugal is one of the best actors in the Indian film fraternity. Someone who has played a wide range of characters, her iconic role as Beena Tripathi from the Amazon Prime Video series Mirzapur has engraved her name in the hearts of the public. When the buzz says that Mirzapur season 3 is around the corner and could be released anytime, curiosity is already aroused as to what’s in store for the audience, the characters and what’s in store for Beena. India.com got into an exclusive chat with Rasika Dugal where she spoke about her role in Mirzapur.

Be it Ishrrat HamidBeena Tripathi out MirzapurNeeti Singh out Crime in Delhi or Meera Kapoor from Out of love, Rasika has artfully depicted all her characters and justified the shades and colors attributed to them. When asked about the series of roles that have been her most liberating character, Dugal said, “I think it will be Beena Tripathi from Mirzapur because I think she is wired very differently than I am. I think it took a lot of good writing from writers and a lot of work from me to try to make that human and dignified.

Beena Tripathi was the wife of local don Kaleen Bhaiya (Pankaj Tripathi). She portrayed the role of a strong woman who went to great lengths to exercise her own agency in the patriarchal society driven by men. Beena broke stereotypes and was written as a gray character, who wanted to live a life with her own dignity. She recognized women’s sexuality and was strong-willed and unapologetic.

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Rasika acknowledged that the character of Tripath was something out-of-the-box written by the show’s makers, and talked about why it was simultaneously challenging and liberating for her as an actor and as Rasika.

“I also think she had a body language that was very different from mine. And the casting directors, directors and creators really thought outside the box and cast me, otherwise if they had cast typically for the role, they might have cast someone with a different body type. I was really nervous that I wouldn’t be able to access this character and it was actually liberating for me that I felt like I could.

No conversation with Rasika is complete without trying to dig up something about Mirzapur 3, but again without any substantial results!

Rasika will next be seen alongside her husband Mukul Chadda in ‘Faiy Folk’ in this magical realist film directed by Karan Gour. The film has received immense appreciation at various national and international film festivals and is all set to hit the screens on March 1.