Yash Raj Films’ ‘Mardaani’ is the biggest solo female-led franchise in Hindi cinema that has garnered love and acclaim over 10 years now! The blockbuster franchise has received unanimous love from people and has attained a cult status amongst cine-lovers.
Today, on the release anniversary of ‘Mardaani 2’, YRF officially announced that it is making ‘Mardaani 3’ with Rani Mukerji again essaying the character of a daredevil cop Shivani Shivaji Roy. One of Indian cinema’s finest actors ever, Rani Mukerji, is the only actress to have a blockbuster franchise as a solo lead to her credit with ‘Mardaani’!
‘Mardaani 3’ will see Aditya Chopra empower two talents from its direction and writing team to creatively collaborate and take forward the legacy of the franchise.
Aayush Gupta of ‘The Railway Men’ fame has written the script of ‘Mardaani 3’. With ‘The Railway Men’, Aayush debuted on streaming as a screenplay and story writer and saw meteoric success as the series was a global success and also went on to become the best ever series from India. His gut-wrenching and hard-hitting edgy writing was lauded worldwide.
‘Mardaani 3’ will be directed by Abhiraj Minawala, who has also been groomed by YRF. His potential was spotted by Aditya Chopra who first empowered him to assist on films like ‘Band Baaja Baarat’, ‘Gunday’, ‘Sultan’, ‘Jab Tak Hai Jaan’, ‘Tiger 3’ to name a few. Abhiraj is currently the Associate Director of ‘War 2’ and is now being trusted by the company to take over the reins of the blockbuster ‘Mardaani’ franchise.
