The National Award winner, Rani Mukherji who was awarded the prestigious award  for her role in Mrs. Chatterjee vs Norway in 2023, Rani Mukerji reflects on her 30 years in the film industry.  Her latest is the Mardaani 3 that is a successful franchise of Mardaani wherein  she once again will play the fearless cop Shivani Shivaji Roy. 


The actress recalled how every role of hers has been deeply engaging and each of the characters she essays has been with a precision that the roles seem to have been specially designed for her and  defines her of  what she is today in the film industry. 


From Tina’s character in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai to her latest Mardaani 3, her experience has been exciting. She expressed that each of her roles were different and hold special place in her heart. 


Characters essayed by Rani Mukerji  portrays her self-confidence, her talent and the reflection of her own three-decade journey in Indian Cinema. 


Rani has proved her talent, her perseverance and her strength with complex, resilient roles that are different from each of the characters she has played in the films.   From a blind dumb and deaf, Michelle McNally in Black to a teenager college student Tina in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, to her role of Suhani Sharma in Saathiya, to Rhea Prakash in Hum Tum, Maya from Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna that puts her in a strong role with the extra marital affair that makes happy against the societal norms,  her role as Naina Mathur in Hichki  wherein she fights her own challenges and achieves her dreams.  Her role of a young woman who moves to Mumbai to find a job to support her parents and her sister’s education in the film Laaga Chunari Mein Daag , sacrifices her own happiness to become a call girl in the city. 


As Mrs. Chatterjee , Rani essays Vedika’s character of a strong mother who fights an entire nation and the system to get justice and bring her children back.   The Mardaani role as Shivani Shivaji Roy is very clear that she can go to any length to get the perpetrator to justice.  Not to forget the Vimmi Saluja of Bunty Aur Babli that stole the hearts of her million fans.  Meenakshi from Aiyaa is another beautiful role essayed by her that prompted her audience to love her more with the light humor she brought along in the film. 


About Mardaani 3 


Mardaani 3 in which Rani portrays once again the role of fearless daring cop, the third installment of the popular action thriller franchise scheduled for its theatrical run on January 30th, 2026. 


The film is about the 93 missing girls who disappear without leaving a trace and it happens within just three months.   The Antagonist is a female, a beggar mafia queen named Amma, running a ruthless child trafficking network located in Delhi . Rani Mukerji plays a very integral part of the film’s gritty script