The Farhan Akhtar and Riteish Siddhwani produced web-series for Amazon Prime titled ‘Mirzapur’ seems to be getting bigger and better in terms of its stellar cast.

After reporting exclusively about veteran actor Kulbhushan Kharbanda and young sensation Divyendu Sharma playing pivotal roles in the series which will mark the debut of Zoya Akhtar as director, we now give our loyal readers another noted personality’s name!!

Talented actor and writer Rajesh Tailang who is best known for his roles in the movies Siddharth, Phantom, The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel will play an important role in Excel Entertainment’s above-said web-series.

A credible source tells us, “In this gangster based concept, Rajesh Tailang will play the father of the two lead boys, Ali Faizal and Vikrant Massey. Actress Sheeba Chaddha will play his on-screen wife.

We buzzed the spokesperson at Excel Entertainment, but could not get through.

The team has shot at Mirzapur and Varanasi. The shoot in Mumbai is slated to begin soon.

The other actors who are involved in the series include Shweta Tripathi, Harshita Gaur, Pankaj Tripathi.

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