Mardaani

Mardaani Movie Details:

Mardaani Movie Cast & Characters:

• Rani Mukerji as Senior Inspector Shivani Shivaji Roy, Mumbai Crime Branch Officer
• Tahir Raj Bhasin as Karan ‘Walt’ Rastogi, a criminal and a drug addict
• Jisshu Sengupta as Dr. Bikram Roy, Shivani’s husband
• Anant Vidhaat Sharma as Sunny Katyal
• Priyanka Sharma as Pyaari
• Mikhail Yawalkar as SI Balwinder Singh Sodhi
• Avneet Kaur as Meera
• Ahad Ali Aamir as Minhas
• Saanand Verma as Kapil
• Mona Ambegaonkar as Meenu Rastogi, Walt’s mother
• Mahika Sharma as a victim
• Peter Muxka Manuel as Mboso
• Anil George as Lawyer aka Vakeel Sahab, Walt’s assistant
• Saheb Das Manikpuri as Pakya
• Sanjay Taneja as Chief Minister Taneja

Storyline:

The plot revolves around Shivani Shivaji Roy, a Senior Inspector in the Mumbai Police Crime Branch, who confronts a mastermind of child sex trafficking. The story intensifies when the mafia kidnaps Pyari, a teenage girl, leading to a fierce cat-and-mouse game between the fearless cop and a ruthless young mafia kingpin. The conflict becomes deeply personal as they engage in a high-stakes war.

About Mardaani Movie:

Mardaani is a Hindi action crime thriller film directed by Pradeep Sarkar, written by Gopi Puthran, and produced by Aditya Chopra. The film stars Rani Mukerji in the lead role, with Jisshu Sengupta, Tahir Raj Bhasin, and Saanand Verma in supporting roles.

Rani Mukerji, portraying a crime branch officer in the film, met with the Mumbai Police Crime Branch chief and underwent training in Krav Maga, a street-fighting and self-defense system originally developed for the Israeli military, as part of her research for the role.

Mardaani marks the second collaboration between director Pradeep Sarkar and actress Rani Mukerji, following their earlier film Laaga Chunari Mein Daag: Journey of a Woman in 2007. Coincidentally, both films address the issue of the sex trade in Mumbai, with Mukerji portraying a woman coerced into prostitution in the previous film.

Mardaani was released theatrically on August 22, 2014. The film received positive reviews, with praise for Mukerji’s performance, and emerged as a commercial success. It is the first A-rated film (restricted to over 18-year-olds) from Yash Raj Films.

The film was the final directed by Pradeep Sarkar under the Yash Raj Films banner, before his death on March 24, 2023.

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Mardaani Movie Sequel:

It was followed by a sequel titled Mardaani 2 released in 2019. Following the success of Mardaani 2, the production house announced in December 2019, a possible third installment in the Mardaani series, titled Mardaani 3, with Rani Mukerji reprising the role of Shivani Shivaji Roy.