Released today, Mardaani 3 marks the high-stakes return of Shivani Shivaji Roy. This time, the franchise moves beyond local crime into the shadows of a global high-tech human trafficking syndicate.

What sets this chapter apart is the realism. Director Gopi Puthran avoids “masala” tropes, opting for a cold, procedural approach that makes the action feel earned and the consequences real. Rani Mukerji delivers a performance that balances the exhaustion of a veteran cop with the fire of a woman who has seen too much.

The cinematography captures a gritty, neon-soaked underworld, and the background score keeps the tension at a breaking point until the very last scene.