India, Sept. 22 -- Vikrant Massey's journey to stardom took a dramatic turn with the cult-favorite series Mirzapur. In a candid chat on the iQOO Quest Talk podcast with Nipun Marya, he recalled how the cast - including Pankaj Tripathi, Ali Fazal, Divyenndu, and Rasika Dugal - treated the project like any other, enjoying their time on set without realising the phenomenon it would become. Further talking about his time on set, he added that the actors often broke character and burst into laughter, despite the show's intense storyline.

But nothing could have prepared Vikrant for the reception after the show went live. On the day Mirzapur premiered at midnight, he was shooting for Ram Prasad Ki Tehrvi (2019) in Lucknow, completely unaware of...