In October, the makers of Mirzapur did something that hadn’t been done before in Indian entertainment—they decided to turn their popular web series into a movie. The gamble appears to have paid off. Fans are eagerly awaiting Mirzapur—The Film, ready to see Pankaj Tripathi, Ali Fazal, Divyenndu and Abhishek Banerjee’s characters create mayhem on the big screen.

Why now, after three successful seasons? That’s where we start our chat with Fazal, who will reprise his role of Guddu bhaiyya in the Gurmmeet Singh-directed film. “The idea is to take it to the people whose story it is. There are many who aren’t fully tuned into OTT,” he reasons.