Tuesday, 06 October 2020 | PNS
Actor Harshita Gaur who will be seen in the forthcoming season of Mirzapur has roots from this city in Uttar Pradesh. Her maternal grandfather hailed from Deoria which is close to Mirzapur and he grew up there along with his siblings.
Speaking about her childhood memories, Harshita said, “Just talking about the show makes me go all nostalgic as I have spent quite an amount of my childhood there. My nanaji and his younger brother were settled in Mirzapur. He eventually settled in Amritsar but we used to visit our cousins in Mirzapur during summer holidays. I have actually seen guns and pistols in that home. When I used to visit the city women used to be in ghoonghat till their waists. Only a few years back, I got to know that my naani was fighting a case due to some illegal land grabbing. In fact, our family was advised not to go to Mirzapur or Wasliganj because of the threat of being killed on sight. It still sends shivers down my spine when I think about it.”
She further added, “When I was offered the series, it took me back to some childhood memories. My family has suffered and got threats from an extended family. Even when I heard the narration and read the script, I had my childhood memories play out like a show reel as it wasn’t new to me. Years back if I was probably spotted in that city I would have been killed on sight. So somewhere yes, I resonated with the fact that things like these do happen.”
Harshita will be seen reprising the role of Dimpi Pandit in the series starring Ali Fazal, Vikrant Massey, Pankaj Tripathi, Shweta Tripathi, Divyendu Sharma and Rasika Dugal.
(The series will stream on Amazon Prime Video from October 23.)
