Inspired by shocking true crimes against women by juveniles, Mardaani 2 saw Rani in a race against time to capture a brutal serial rapist who systematically targets women. The film received incredible appreciation from the media and critics and took the gritty cop franchise forward. On the first anniversary of the thriller, Rani opened up about why the Mardaani franchise is close to her heart.

"The franchise of Mardaani is very important to me, not only because it's talking about women empowerment and certain brutalities that take place on women, and there is a woman, who is the main protagonist, who is standing up against all of this, it is also an informative film as it projects a lot of things women need to be aware of. It speaks about all of that because in a society we tend to always try to see the positive things. Though we want to think about positivity and good things but in reality, certain people have bad intentions and on a bad day we can encounter them," says the actress.