India, Sept. 17 -- For eight years, across three seasons and now a blockbuster film, Rasika Dugal has lived and breathed Beena Tripathi. The unconventional homemaker-turned-femme fatale has divided fans since she appeared in Mirzapur season 1 in November 2018. Over the years, she - and Rasika - has earned fans and also faced criticism. And now, as Mirzapur The Movie presents the character in a new light, Rasika sits down with Hindustan Times to discuss the response to her character and the supposed double standards of the audience.

In Mirzapur: The Movie, Beena rekindles her romance with Birju Lohar (a new character played by Mohitt Maalik), even conspiring to kill her husband, Kaleen Bhaiya (Pankaj Tripathi). But as their plans are wayl...