The
makers
of
the
show
revealed
a
very
interesting
backstory
on
how
they
named
Akhandanand
Tripathi
as
'Kaleen
Bhaiya'
and
how
it
almost
got
changed
to
'Atechi'
or
'Sandook'
bhaiya.
In
a
recent
interview,
show
creator
Puneet
Krishna
shared,
“During
90's
while
growing
up,
there
was
this
belt
of
UP
johnpur,
Mirzapur
where
a
lot
Kaleen's
were
made.
World's
largest
exporter
of
kaleen's.
So,
when
I
wrote
Mirzapur,
I
kept
that
in
mind
and
named
him
Kaleen
bhaiya
Coz
we
had
in
mind
that
he
would
smuggle
the
drugs
under
the
carpets.
And
there's
a
certain
power
to
this
term
Kaleen
bhaiya.”
He
further
adds,
“So
when
we
went
for
the
recee,
for
location
hunt,
we
figured
that
many
carpet
factories
have
shut,
we
hardly
found
one,
so
suggestions
started
pouring
in
that
instead
of
Kaleen
we
can
have
suitcase
or
something
resembling.
But
my
argument
was
that
'Atechi
bhaiya'
wouldn't
sound
right
so
somehow
we
retained
Kaleen
bhaiya.”
Being
one
of
the
most
awaited
web
series,
Mirzapur
2
comes
with
a
promise
of
all
the
way
more
intense
and
emotional
drama
and
double
the
level
of
action.
Produced
by
Farhan
Akhtar
and
Ritesh
Sidwani
under
their
production
house
Excel
Entertainment,
Mirzapur
2
releases
on
Amazon
Prime
Video
on
October
23.