‘Mardaani 3’ Movie Review: Not just Rani Mukerji, Mallika Prasad’s Amma’s performance is terrific. And that too I would say is an understatement.
Cast: Rani Mukerji, Janki Bodiwala, Mallika Prasad
Director: Abhiraj Minawala
Language: Hindi
Not just engaging, Rani Mukerji and Mallika Prasad’s performances will completely consume you. Mardaani 3 starts with kids being kidnapped from Sundarbans in West Bengal. Rani Mukerji as the relentless cop Shivani Shivaji Roy. Locating these dozens of missing girls is not just a trafficking racket, it is much gorier and far beyond anybody’s imagination as to what level of criminal we have in our country. The movie underlines the film’s darker and more urgent stakes.
The central mystery of Mardaani 3 is that 100 girls reported missing in 3 months are revealed to be part of a well-organized criminal enterprise, forcing Shivani Roy (Rani Mukerji) and her team into relentlessly tracking and solving the case.
But the story comes to the notice of the police only when the ambassador’s daughter goes missing. The film is far better than the trailer. Rani Mukerji is in full swing and I must say that she is choosing her roles very carefully. She is indeed the ‘Maharani’ of craft. The storyline of the Maardaani is going to shake you like hell because it isn’t just a crime, in fact crime at another level. And she knows her strength which is her craft. After yearning for years, we get to see a powerful female lead and most importantly an actress like Rani who prefers to concentrate on their craft and not in the way she looks on screen.
We all know that the Mardaani franchise is known for giving Bollywood its most gruesome villains and just the way a heroine is important to make a successful film, so is the hero. Amma, played by Mallika Prasad, is a villain who can’t stop hating. Just the way the main lead is powerful, in the same way the villain is undeniably equally powerful. And with the intensity with which she has performed her role, she needs to be appreciated.
Amma (Mallika Prasad) embodies the mastermind behind a brutal human-trafficking network, setting up a gripping face-off with Shivani Roy (Rani Mukerji). Amma’s character is raw, gruesome and unsettling. When you see her on screen, you can feel a steel finger running down the spine. In fact, that chilling is her performance. She has brilliantly performed the role of a complex woman.
Rating: 4 out of 5
WATCH the trailer of Mardaani 3 here:
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