The clash started when the Delhi High Court, in a move that felt like a plot twist, told the CBFC that a triumphant march sung in honor of Maharana Pratap shouldn’t be the soundtrack to a gangland brawl. The song, “Shoorveer,” had been dropped over the final melee in Mirzapur: The Movie, turning a ragged fight into a quasi‑heroic anthem.
Judge DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia didn’t mince words. ‘Prima facie, it does not appear to be in good taste,’ they said, adding that ‘we have come to a situation where we are revering violence.’ The PIL, filed by Prashant Kumar Singh, argued that pairing a warrior’s valor with gunfire could mislead audiences into seeing crime as heroism.
Meanwhile, the CBFC’s counsel mentioned that the producer had already approached the board with a proposal to tweak the scene. The board is slated to make a decision within a week, a deadline that sits between the film’s OTT release and the court’s next hearing on September 24. If the changes go through, Mirzapur might lose a sonic punch that fans have already merchandised.
The debate is less about censorship and more about taste. Will the board trim the anthem, or will it keep the clash alive? For now, the only thing certain is that Mirzapur has added a new layer to its storytelling, proving that even music can get a courtroom showdown. Mirzapur now faces a fight over music that could rewrite its climax.