--- title: 'Mirzapur Movie Pay: Pankaj Tripathi Leads Ali Fazal By Crores' type: 'blog post' section: 'Away From Set' format: 'Editorial feature' standfirst: 'Reports put Pankaj Tripathi at the top of the Mirzapur: The Movie salary chart, with Ali Fazal and Divyenndu Sharma trailing by a wide margin. The numbers are unconfirmed, but they show where the big-screen bet is being placed.' author: 'Marcus Reid' published: '2026-09-01' updated: '2026-09-01' about_people: - 'Pankaj Tripathi' - 'Ali Fazal' tags: - 'Mirzapur The Movie cast fees' - 'Pankaj Tripathi Mirzapur movie salary' - 'Ali Fazal Mirzapur The Movie fee' - 'Divyenndu Sharma Munna Tripathi salary' - 'Mirzapur The Movie highest paid actor' - 'Mirzapur The Movie release date September 4' sources: - 'https://www.filmibeat.com/bollywood/news/2026/mirzapur-the-movie-cast-fees-who-is-the-highest-paid-actor-in-mirzapur-film-pankaj-tripathi-ali-faza-529571.html' - 'https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment-news/bollywood/mirzapur-the-movie-cast-fees-pankaj-tripathi-is-highest-paid-actor-know-how-much-ali-fazal-divyenndu-earn-article-155600498' - 'https://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/mirzapur-the-movie-cast-fees-did-pankaj-tripathi-charge-a-whopping-15-crore-earn-the-highest-fee-beating-ali-fazal-divyenndu-sharma' - 'https://www.msn.com/en-in/entertainment/celebrities/mirzapur-the-movie-cast-fees-revealed-pankaj-tripathi-reportedly-gets-15-crore-here-s-what-munna-and-guddu-earned/ar-AA29UeTd' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/blog/mirzapur-movie-pay-pankaj-tripathi-leads-ali-fazal-by-crores' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Mirzapur Movie Pay: Pankaj Tripathi Leads Ali Fazal By Crores *Reports put Pankaj Tripathi at the top of the Mirzapur: The Movie salary chart, with Ali Fazal and Divyenndu Sharma trailing by a wide margin. The numbers are unconfirmed, but they show where the big-screen bet is being placed.* By Marcus Reid, 2026-09-01 · Away From Set Filmibeat reported on September 1, 2026, that Pankaj Tripathi is the highest-paid actor in Mirzapur: The Movie, with a reported fee of about Rs 15 crore. Ali Fazal, returning as Guddu Pandit, is reported at Rs 4 crore, while Divyenndu Sharma’s return as Munna Tripathi is put at Rs 3 crore. The film is set for cinemas on September 4, and that is why these numbers matter: Mirzapur is no longer only a streaming habit watched from the sofa. It is asking people to buy a ticket, sit in the dark, and see whether its old faces can fill a much bigger room. ## Pankaj Tripathi Tops The Reported Pay List According to Filmibeat, Pankaj Tripathi is said to have charged around Rs 15 crore for Mirzapur: The Movie. Times Now and Free Press Journal also reported the same figure, crediting Filmii Talks for the salary claims. There is no mystery about why his number sits at the top, if the reports are right. Tripathi’s Kaleen Bhaiya is the kind of character who can make a room quieter by entering it. The actor does not have to shout for power to arrive. He can let it rest on his face, in a pause, in that grave little softness that makes the threat worse. A fee like Rs 15 crore is not only a reward for a past performance. It is a wager on memory. The producers are betting that when viewers think of Mirzapur, one of the first faces they see is Tripathi’s. That is useful in a theatrical release, where recognition has to work fast. A poster has a second or two to do its business. The caution is important. Filmibeat noted that the reported fees have not been confirmed by the actors or the film’s team. So the honest sentence is this: as reported, Tripathi is the highest-paid actor in the film. The public record here does not make it official. ![Pankaj Tripathi, Anjali Patil and Rajkummar Rao bei der Weltpremiere von Newton im Zoopalast zur Berlinale 2017](https://pokemon-dive.us-lax-4.linodeobjects.com/cinepixo/posts/2026/09/958182d7-3058-4ad1-aa1f-14a8fc6d4c76.webp) *Photo: Maximilian Bühn · [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pankaj_Tripathi,_Anjali_Patil_and_Rajkummar_Rao_World_Premiere_Newton_Zoopalast_Berlinale_2017_02.jpg)* ## Ali Fazal And Divyenndu Sharma Follow At Rs 4 Crore And Rs 3 Crore Ali Fazal’s reported fee is Rs 4 crore for returning as Guddu Pandit, according to Filmibeat, Times Now, and Free Press Journal. Divyenndu Sharma is reported at Rs 3 crore for coming back as Munna Tripathi. Those numbers are smaller than Tripathi’s, but they are not small numbers. They also tell us something about the shape of the film’s appeal. Guddu and Munna carry heat of a different kind. Guddu is wounded force. Munna is reckless appetite. Each actor has to bring back a man viewers already know without making him feel like a museum piece. That is harder than it sounds. Returning to a popular part can be like putting on a coat that people remember better than you do. The fit has to be familiar, but it cannot feel dusty. Fazal has to make Guddu’s rage feel alive again. Divyenndu has to bring Munna back after the character’s fate in the series made his return one of the loudest talking points around the movie. Free Press Journal wrote that the trailer was released on August 11, 2026. Times Now reported that the trailer introduced new characters and that Ravi Kishan’s clash with Pankaj Tripathi is expected to be a major point of interest. That is hope, not knowledge. But it is a reasonable hope, because both actors know how to play men who smile as if the knife is already on the table. ![Pankaj Tripathi und Anjali Patil bei der Weltpremiere von Newton im Zoopalast zur Berlinale 2017](https://pokemon-dive.us-lax-4.linodeobjects.com/cinepixo/posts/2026/09/e3851c71-356e-42eb-9a46-44e16844fe71.webp) ![Pankaj Tripathi, Anjali Patil and Rajkummar Rao World Premiere Newton Zoopalast Berlinale 2017 01](https://pokemon-dive.us-lax-4.linodeobjects.com/cinepixo/posts/2026/09/78c791d5-9355-4228-9a0c-32acae8d2b03.webp) *Photos: Maximilian Bühn · [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · [source 1](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pankaj_Tripathi_and_Anjali_Patil_World_Premiere_Newton_Zoopalast_Berlinale_2017.jpg), [source 2](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pankaj_Tripathi,_Anjali_Patil_and_Rajkummar_Rao_World_Premiere_Newton_Zoopalast_Berlinale_2017_01.jpg)* ## Jitendra Kumar Gets The Awkward Chair As Bablu Filmibeat reported that Jitendra Kumar is earning Rs 1.5 crore to play Bablu Pandit, also identified there as Yadav Ji. Times Now and Free Press Journal also reported the Rs 1.5 crore figure. This may be the most interesting casting job in the bunch, because the part comes with baggage. Times Now noted that Vikrant Massey played Bablu in the original series, and Free Press Journal reported that Jitendra Kumar replaces him in the film. Replacing an actor in a known part is not just a line in a trade report. It lands on the actor’s shoulders. Kumar has to enter a room where the audience may still be picturing another face. If he pushes too hard, he looks like he is arguing with memory. If he plays it too lightly, the film risks turning the character into a name tag. Shweta Tripathi Sharma is reported by Filmibeat to have been paid around Rs 95 lakh to return as Gajgamini Gupta, known as Golu. That figure sits far below the top three reported salaries, but Golu is not a side note to viewers who followed the series. She is one of the people on whom Mirzapur’s violence has left visible marks. ## Ravi Kishan And The Cost Of New Blood Filmibeat reported that Ravi Kishan, who plays Babban Babua Yadav, charged around Rs 2 crore to Rs 2.5 crore. Times Now described Kishan as a new addition to the cast and reported that his clash with Tripathi is expected to be a key part of the film. That is where the money starts to tell a second story. A movie based on a known series needs the old faces, yes. But it also needs someone new to make the room feel less settled. Ravi Kishan can do that. He has a gift for making a line sound like it came from a man who has lived three lives and lied about two of them. The cast list is a crowded one. Filmibeat names Rasika Dugal, Shweta Tripathi Sharma, Shriya Pilgaonkar, Jitendra Kumar, Ravi Kishan, Abhishek Banerjee, Sonal Chauhan, Sheeba Chaddha, Harshita Gaur, and Anangsha Biswas among those involved. Times Now also listed Mohitt Maalik, Rajesh Tailang, Pramod Pathak, Shaji Chaudhary, Satendra Soni, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, and Sushant Singh. A big cast can be a feast or a traffic jam. The salary reports suggest the film is paying most heavily for the faces that can anchor the franchise in the public mind, while still spending on new pressure points around them. ## September 4 Puts Mirzapur In Cinemas Mirzapur: The Movie is directed by Gurmmeet Singh, written by Puneet Krishna, and produced by Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar under Excel Entertainment, according to Filmibeat, Times Now, and Free Press Journal. Times Now reported that Amazon MGM Studios and Excel Entertainment present the film. The movie is scheduled to release theatrically on September 4, 2026, in Hindi and Telugu. Filmibeat reported that it has an A certificate from the CBFC and a runtime of 3 hours and 17 minutes. That is a long sit, the kind where the armrest becomes a small domestic border dispute. Times Now reported that the film is based on the first season of Mirzapur, with the story changed for the big screen. Filmibeat wrote that story details are being kept back, while the central conflict is expected to involve the fight for power and control over Mirzapur. Free Press Journal cited Flickonclick for a reported budget of around Rs 250 crore, while noting that the figure is an estimate and has not been officially confirmed by the makers. Times Now also reported the Rs 250 crore budget figure. So here is the answer, as cleanly as the reporting allows it: Pankaj Tripathi is reported to be the highest-paid actor in Mirzapur: The Movie, well ahead of Ali Fazal and Divyenndu Sharma. The film now has to prove that a throne built on streaming can hold under the brighter, less forgiving light of a cinema screen. ## How this piece was made **Format:** Editorial feature ## In this piece - [Pankaj Tripathi](https://cinepixo.com/people/pankaj-tripathi) - [Ali Fazal](https://cinepixo.com/people/ali-fazal) ## Sources - https://www.filmibeat.com/bollywood/news/2026/mirzapur-the-movie-cast-fees-who-is-the-highest-paid-actor-in-mirzapur-film-pankaj-tripathi-ali-faza-529571.html - https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment-news/bollywood/mirzapur-the-movie-cast-fees-pankaj-tripathi-is-highest-paid-actor-know-how-much-ali-fazal-divyenndu-earn-article-155600498 - https://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/mirzapur-the-movie-cast-fees-did-pankaj-tripathi-charge-a-whopping-15-crore-earn-the-highest-fee-beating-ali-fazal-divyenndu-sharma - https://www.msn.com/en-in/entertainment/celebrities/mirzapur-the-movie-cast-fees-revealed-pankaj-tripathi-reportedly-gets-15-crore-here-s-what-munna-and-guddu-earned/ar-AA29UeTd Every factual claim above is drawn from these. 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