{
  "id": 11361710,
  "title": "Mirzapur director on Jitendra Kumar replacing Vikrant Massey's Bablu: 'Gave him more agency'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/mirzapur-director-on-jitendra-kumar-replacing-vikrant-masseys-bablu",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-02T04:14:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/mirzapur-director-on-jitendra-kumar-replacing-vikrant-masseys-bablu-gave-him-more-agency-1.500695652"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Mirzapur: The Movie is enjoying a successful run at the box office, with the film's worldwide gross standing at Rs 333.29 crore on Day 27. Amid that success, director Gurmmeet Singh has opened up about one of the film's most notable creative decisions: replacing Vikrant Massey with Jitendra Kumar as Bablu Pandit. The film revisits the characters and world introduced in the first season of the…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}