Actor Ali Fazal, who will be seen in a totally different avatar in Amazon Prime Video Original's and Excel Media Entertainment's Mirzapur has a personal connection with Mirzapur. The actor has revealed that Guddu and Bablu are nicknames of his maternal uncles.

Ali Fazal shared, "Guddu and Bablu are literally the names of my Mamas, their names are Faizan and Rizwaan, pet names are Guddu and Babalu and they have the same difference as the characters. Bablu is like in brains and hardworking, Guddu Mama has always been more wild. He had gone hunting, he has been of muscles, he has jumped off some 5-6 floored building why because ladki ke chakkar mein police aa gayi thi. He has been through shit. So my way of talking even when intoxicated is literally him, I had him on top of my mind."