Rani Mukerji hints at returning as supercop Shivani Shivaji Roy: Mardaani 3 is in the ideation stage

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Rani Mukerji hinted at returning as Shivani Shivaji Roy in the third installment of Mardaani. The actress has revealed that YRF is currently ideating on the storyline of Mardaani 3! Rani is the only actress to have a blockbuster franchise to her credit in Mardaani. She plays a feisty and fearless cop in this franchise and she takes on criminals who prey on women.

Rani disclosed, "Mardaani 3 is in the ideation stage. Once YRF has a great and concrete story idea, Mardaani 3 will get into the scripting stage. I'm excited to see how Mardaani 3 shapes up! I am crossing my fingers because I would love to play the part of Shivani."

She added, "When I did Mardaani 2, I was quite nervous because I had never done a sequel before. I was like how will it happen? Because I leave my characters behind each time a film gets over and I don't know if I will be able to reprise that part again. With Mardaani 2, I was surprised that I enjoyed reprising the part. So now I have tasted blood. So now I want to reprise it again in 3."

Rani said Mardaani 3's script will need to be exceptional because the expectation from audiences is sky-high from this franchise and they would need to see a crackingly fresh story!

Rani shared, "I will be very happy and excited if the Mardaani 3 script comes about really something that we would make a film. Because I as an actor always believe that we don't want to do a film because it sounds good. We need to do a film when the script is good and when we want to make a film which is making a difference."

She added, "With Mardaani 3 we can't make a film if the story does not have that substance. It has to be something that people relate with today, the girls find it empowering. Only then we can do Mardaani 3. We can't do it just because it sounds exciting. So I am hoping if they can crack a really good script, I would just like to get on with it."