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{{Infobox film
| name = Mardaani
| image = Official Poster of Mardaani.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Pradeep Sarkar]]
| producer = [[Aditya Chopra]]
| writer = Gopi Puthran
| starring = [[Rani Mukerji]] [[Tahir Raj Bhasin]] [[Jisshu Sengupta]] [[Saanand Verma]] [[Avneet Kaur]]
| music = '''Songs:''' [[Salim–Sulaiman]] '''Score:''' [[Julius Packiam]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04E-jHtWrDA|title=Mardaani – Trailer – Rani Mukerji|last=YRF|date=24 June 2014|via=YouTube}}</ref>
| studio = [[Yash Raj Films]]
| cinematography = Artur Żurawski
| editing = Sanjib Datta
| distributor = Yash Raj Films
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2014|08|22}}
| runtime = 111 minutes
| language = Hindi
| country = India
| budget = {{INR}}21 crore<ref name="BOI Report">{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=2296|title=Mardaani – Movie – Worldwide Gross & Budget|publisher=[[Box Office India]]|access-date=18 November 2016}}</ref>
| gross =  {{INR}}59.55 crore<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mardaani|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/mardaani/box-office/ |access-date=21 July 2023|website=[[Bollywood Hungama]]|date=22 August 2014 }}</ref>
}}

'''''Mardaani''''' ({{translation|Masculine}}) is a 2014 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[action thriller film]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/mardaani-v603655|title=Mardaani (2014) – Pradeep Sarkar|website=[[AllMovie]]}}</ref> directed by [[Pradeep Sarkar]] and produced by [[Aditya Chopra]].<ref>{{cite web|title= Rani gets YRF's boldest film 'Mardaani'|url= http://entertainment.in.msn.com/bollywood/rani-gets-yrfs-boldest-film-mardaani|publisher= MNS India|access-date= 20 January 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140201231632/http://entertainment.in.msn.com/bollywood/rani-gets-yrfs-boldest-film-mardaani|archive-date= 1 February 2014|url-status= dead}}</ref> The film stars [[Rani Mukerji]], with [[Jisshu Sengupta]], [[Tahir Raj Bhasin]] and [[Saanand Verma]] in supporting roles. The narrative revolves around Shivani Shivaji Roy, a policewoman whose interest in the case of a kidnapped teenage girl leads her to uncover secrets of [[human trafficking]] by the Indian mafia.<ref>{{cite web |title= Rani Mukerji in Mardaani, Yash Raj Films' boldest movie ever |url= http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/rani-mukherji-in-mardaani-yash-raj-films-boldest-movie-ever-352245 |publisher= NDTV |access-date= 20 January 2014 |archive-date= 25 February 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140225183326/http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/rani-mukherji-in-mardaani-yash-raj-films-boldest-movie-ever-352245 |url-status= dead }}</ref>

Released theatrically on 22 August 2014, the film received positive reviews, with praise for Mukerji's performance, and emerged as a commercial success. It was followed by a sequel titled ''[[Mardaani 2]]'' in 2019. Following the success of ''[[Mardaani 2]]'', the production house announced in December 2019, a possible third installment in the ''Mardaani'' series, titled ''Mardaani 3'', with [[Rani Mukerji]] reprising the role of Shivani Shivaji Roy. The film was the final directed by Sarkar under the [[Yash Raj Films]] banner, before his death on 24 March 2023.

== Plot ==
The film opens with a secret police operation orchestrated by Shivani Shivaji Roy, a dedicated Crime Branch Senior Inspector of the [[Mumbai Police]], in order to catch a pimp named Rahman from his hideout. She barges in with her team and arrests Rahman, and rescues his mistress. Shivani lives with her husband, Dr. Bikram Roy, and teenage niece, Meera. Prior to the film, she rescued an orphaned girl named Pyaari from being sold by her uncle, and started looking after her like her own daughter. One day, Shivani finds out that Pyaari has been missing from her shelter home from five days and begins an investigation, where she finds out that the mastermind behind this kidnapping is a Delhi-based kingpin named Karan Rastogi ([[Tahir Raj Bhasin]]), who runs a cartel involving child trafficking and drugs. Shivani takes the task personally, going beyond her job and duties to nab Karan.

Shivani forces Rahman to reveal the names of Karan's associates and comes across Sunny Katyal (Anant Vidhaat Sharma), a car-dealer who operates Karan's trafficking business in Mumbai. Karan discovers that Shivani is monitoring his cartel's activities and tries to have Katyal killed for becoming a liability. However, Shivani saves Katyal, and he agrees to help her nab Karan. Determined to catch him, Shivani tracks down Karan's aide, Wakeel. Karan, angered, makes sure that Pyaari is sold and raped every day. As a warning, he spreads fake news that Shivani's husband has misused his profession as a doctor to molest a female patient, causing Bikram to be thrown off-duty. He then chops off one of Pyaari's fingers and sends it to Shivani's house in a gift box. Meanwhile, Karan's right-hand man Mattu (Aman Uppal) gets a contract to host a party full of prostitutes from a man named Tandon on the behalf of a minister in Delhi, Taneja ji. Mattu also kills one of the girls in Karan's brothel at his orders when she contracts [[Dengue fever|dengue]], further scaring Pyaari.

Shivani travels to Delhi and sets up a trap involving decoy drug dealers from Nigeria, who pretend to offer expensive and rare South American cocaine to Karan and Wakeel. As they are negotiating, Shivani barges in with her team. While Karan escapes, Wakeel tries to erase evidence by destroying his mobile phone's SIM card, then commits suicide. Shivani and her Delhi-based teammate Balwinder Singh Sodhi track down a tailor who knew Wakeel from a long time. He reveals that a prostitute named Meenu Rastogi was Wakeel's closest associate. Shivani's continued investigation leads her to Karan's house, where Meenu, revealing herself as Karan's mother, sedates her.

She is abducted and brought to Karan's party. There, Shivani reunites with Pyaari, where she and the other girls are forced to work as [[prostitutes]]. Karan invites Taneja ji and allows him to rape Shivani. However, she escapes and ruthlessly beats Taneja before taking him hostage. Shivani single-handedly confronts the situation, forcing Karan into a small room and rescuing the girls. She challenges Karan to fight her when he teases her for being a woman and beats him. Feeling that he might escape the law, given the corrupt police and judicial system, she hands Karan over to the girls, who beat him to death. Subsequently, Sodhi and the entire team barges in and arrests Mattu, Tandon and Karan’s gang members. Meenu is also attacked by the girls and gets paralyzed by shock while Taneja survives, before being sentenced to life imprisonment.

== Cast ==
* [[Rani Mukerji]] as [[Senior Inspector]] Shivani Shivaji Roy, [[Mumbai]] [[Crime Branch]] Officer<ref name="mardaani.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.mardaani.com/cast.html#second|title=MARDAANI – Rani Mukerji – In cinemas 22 August|publisher=Mardaani.com|access-date=25 November 2014}}</ref>
* [[Tahir Raj Bhasin]] as Karan 'Walt' Rastogi, a criminal and a drug addict<ref name="mardaani.com" />
* [[Jisshu Sengupta]] as Dr. Bikram Roy (Shivani's husband)
* Anant Vidhaat Sharma as Sunny Katyal<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mouthshut.com/review/Mardaani-review-uooqlqmqms|title=Review on Mardaani by fenil seta MouthShut.com|access-date=20 July 2016}}</ref>
* Priyanka Sharma as Pyaari
* Mikhail Yawalkar as [[Sub Inspector of Police|SI]] Balwinder Singh Sodhi <ref>{{Cite web|url= http://www.mid-day.com/articles/mardaani-actor-mikhail-yawalkar-learned-to-ride-a-bike-in-a-week/15568188|title= 'Mardaani' actor Mikhail Yawalkar learned to ride a bike in a week!|date= 31 August 2014}}</ref>
* [[Avneet Kaur]] as Meera
* Ahad Ali Aamir as Minhas
* [[Saanand Verma]] as Kapil
* [[Mona Ambegaonkar]] as Meenu Rastogi, Walt's mother
* [[Mahika Sharma]] as a victim
* Peter Muxka Manuel as Mboso
* Anil George as Lawyer aka Vakeel Sahab, Walt's assistant
* Saheb Das Manikpuri as Pakya
* Sanjay Taneja as [[Chief Minister]] Taneja

== Production ==

=== Development ===
In January 2014, Rani Mukerji who plays the role of a crime branch officer in the film met [[Mumbai Police]] Crime Branch chief as part of research for her role.<ref>{{cite web|title= Rani Mukerji meets crime branch chief to prepare for 'Mardaani' role|url= http://ibnlive.in.com/news/rani-mukerji-meets-crime-branch-chief-to-prepare-for-mardaani-role/438829-8-66.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131212115456/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/rani-mukerji-meets-crime-branch-chief-to-prepare-for-mardaani-role/438829-8-66.html|url-status= dead|archive-date= 12 December 2013|publisher= CNN-IBN |access-date= 20 January 2014}}</ref> It was speculated that her role was inspired by IPS officer Meera Borwankar, who was also an investigation officer in the Mumbai 26/11 case.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Entertainment/Hindi/Bollywood/News/Rani-Mukerji-meets-real-Mardaani-who-inspired-her/articleshow/41686460.cms |access-date=4 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907151158/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Rani-Mukerji-meets-real-Mardaani-who-inspired-her/articleshow/41686460.cms |archive-date=7 September 2014 |website=[[The Times of India]] |title=Rani Mukerji meets real Mardaani who inspired her - the Times of India }}</ref> For her role, Mukerji trained in [[Krav Maga]], a street-fighting, self-defence system developed for the Israeli military. It was directed by [[Pradeep Sarkar]] and written by Gopi Puthran.<ref>Rotten Tomatoes Mardaani website. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mardaani/</ref>
The cinematographer for the movie was Polish [[Artur Żurawski]].<ref>Artur Zurwawski website. http://www.arturzurawski.com/films/fiction/</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
{| class="wikitable
! # !! Title !! Singer(s) !! Length
|-
| 1
| "Mardaani Anthem"
| [[Sunidhi Chauhan]] And [[Vijay Prakash]]
| 05:04
|}

== Marketing and release ==
The official trailer of the film was released on 24 June 2014.<ref name=toi>{{cite web | title = Mardaani trailer: Rani Mukerji packs a punch with dialogues, tough look | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Entertainment/Hindi/Bollywood/News-Interviews/Mardaani-trailer-Rani-Mukerji-packs-a-punch-with-dialogues-tough-look/articleshow/37126768.cms |date=24 June 2014| access-date = 25 June 2014 | work = The Times of India}}</ref> The [[Central Board of Film Certification]] required that the use of a [[profanity]] and scene depicting rape of a teenage girl be removed from the trailer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/videos/rani-mukerji-s-mardaani-policed-by-censor-board-328070|title=Rani Mukerjis Mardaani Policed by Censor Board – NDTV Movies|publisher=NDTVMovies.com|access-date=25 November 2014|archive-date=1 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140901154442/http://movies.ndtv.com/videos/rani-mukerji-s-mardaani-policed-by-censor-board-328070|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Because of the film's social message and the impact it can provide to Indian women, the film has been given tax free status in [[Madhya Pradesh]] by Chief Minister [[Shivraj Singh Chouhan]] in its first week of release.<ref>{{cite web | title = Mardaani trailer: Rani Mukerji packs a punch with dialogues, tough look | url = http://ibnlive.in.com/news/cm-shivraj-singh-chouhan-declares-mardaani-tax-free-in-mp-lauds-rani-mukerji-for-her-powerful-performance/494209-8-66.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140826121232/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/cm-shivraj-singh-chouhan-declares-mardaani-tax-free-in-mp-lauds-rani-mukerji-for-her-powerful-performance/494209-8-66.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 26 August 2014 |date=24 August 2014| access-date = 25 August 2014 | publisher = Daily Business Recorder}}</ref> This was followed by [[Uttar Pradesh]] and [[Maharashtra]] also giving the film a tax free status.

In [[Pakistan]], [[Central Board of Film Censors]] gave the film adult Certificate but objected on few scenes. The Board asked for seven cuts and wanted certain scenes to be blurred, but the film makers were of the view that "it would lead to loss of the essence of the narration of the movie" and hence decided not to screen the movie in Pakistan.<ref>{{cite web | title = Pakistan Censor Board bans Rani Mukerji's 'Mardaani' in Pakistan | url = http://www.brecorder.com/arts-a-leisure/50-movies/189977-pakistan-censor-board-bans-rani-mukerji%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98mardaani%E2%80%99-in-pakistan.html | date = 23 August 2014 | access-date = 27 August 2014 | publisher = IBN Live | archive-date = 25 August 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140825184123/http://www.brecorder.com/arts-a-leisure/50-movies/189977-pakistan-censor-board-bans-rani-mukerji%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98mardaani%E2%80%99-in-pakistan.html | url-status = dead }}</ref>

Mardaani premiered in Poland at Warsaw's Kino Muranów theatre, one of the oldest art house theatres in the country, on 29 January 2015. The film received a standing ovation from the audience, and Rani Mukerji was congratulated by one and all for her exceptional performance and for being a part of such a relevant and sensitive film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://businessofcinema.com/bollywood_news/rani-mukerjis-mardaani-premieres-poland-rave-reviews/191300/|title=Rani Mukerji's Mardaani Premieres in Poland To Rave Reviews|date=29 January 2015|access-date=29 January 2015|publisher=BusinessofCinema News Network }}</ref>

== Reception ==

=== Critical response ===
''[[Mid-Day]]'' gave Mardaani four stars out of five and said Pradeep Sarkar "offers a pragmatic and compelling story of what it is to chase down the bad guy with Rani Mukerji at her mercurial best as an inspector who simply won't give up".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/movie-review-mardaani/15549194|title=Movie review: 'Mardaani'|date=4 September 2014|work=mid-day|access-date=25 November 2014}}</ref> [[Subhash K. Jha]] also gave the film four stars out of five, praising the use of the film's soundtrack, saying, "''Mardaani'' cleans out the noises and yet retains a high decibel of authenticity in the complementary relationship between sight and sound".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://skjbollywoodnews.com/2014/08/mardaani-movie-review/4120869.html|title=Mardaani: Movie Review|date=22 August 2014|work=SKJBollywood News|access-date=25 November 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006071341/http://skjbollywoodnews.com/2014/08/mardaani-movie-review/4120869.html|archive-date=6 October 2014}}</ref> [[Taran Adarsh]] of [[Bollywood Hungama]] wrote, "[E]nacting the part of the tough-talking cop who goes in pursuit of those who run the sex trafficking ring, Rani strikes a true to life, forceful pose and also lends her character the much-needed intensity, strength and dignity. The agony that drives her forward is visible on her face and is one of the prime reasons that makes this story easy to swallow".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/reviews/type/view/id/1394|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911001818/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/reviews/type/view/id/1394|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 September 2014|title=Mardaani – Latest Hindi Movie Review by Taran Adarsh – Bollywood Hungama|website=[[Bollywood Hungama]]|access-date=25 November 2014}}</ref>

=== Box office ===
Koimoi states that ''Mardaani''{{'}}s net of {{INR|link=yes}}40 [[crore]] was double the amount invested in the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.koimoi.com/box-office-bollywood-films-of-2014/|title=Box-Office Verdicts of Major Bollywood Releases of 2014|access-date=6 September 2013|publisher=Koimoi.com}}</ref>

== Awards and nominations ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+List of awards and nominations
! Award !! Category !! Nominee !! Result
|-
|rowspan=5|[[Filmfare Awards]]
| [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| Rani Mukerji
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| [[Tahir Raj Bhasin]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Filmfare Award for Best Sound Design|Best Sound Design]]
| Anilkumar Konakandla and Prabal Pradhan
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| Gopi Puthran, S. Hussain Zaidi, Vibha Singh
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Filmfare Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]]
| Sanjib Dutta
| {{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=1|[[IIFA Awards]]
| [[IIFA Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| [[Rani Mukerji]]
| {{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Screen Awards]]
| [[Screen Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| Rani Mukerji
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Screen Award for Best Villain|Best Villain]]
| [[Tahir Raj Bhasin]]
| {{won}}
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Star Guild Awards]]
| [[Star Guild Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|Best Actress]]
| Rani Mukerji
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Star Guild Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role|Best Villain]]
| Tahir Raj Bhasin
| {{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=1|[[Stardust Awards]]
| [[Stardust Award for Best Thriller – Action Actress|Best Thriller – Action Actress]]
| Rani Mukerji
| {{won}}
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[BIG Star Entertainment Awards]]
|[[BIG Star Most Entertaining Film Actor – Female|Most Entertaining Film Actor – Female]]
|rowspan="3"|Rani Mukerji
|{{nom}}
|-
|Most Entertaining Actress in a Social Role
|rowspan=1 {{nom}}
|-
|Most Entertaining Actor in a Thriller Role
|rowspan=1 {{nom}}
|}

== Sequel ==
{{main article|Mardaani 2}}
In December 2018, [[Yash Raj Films]] announced that a sequel ''[[Mardaani 2]]'' will be made with writer Gopi Puthran directing this time, and [[Rani Mukerji]] reprising her role.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rani Mukerji's next is 'Mardaani 2' |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/rani-mukerjis-next-is-mardaani-2/article25708474.ece |website=The Hindu |date=10 December 2018 |access-date=1 January 2019}}</ref> The filming began in March 2019 and was released on 13 December 2019.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=taran_adarsh| author=Taran Adarsh|date=27 March 2019|number = 1110759031239372800 |title=#Mardaani2 begins... Stars Rani Mukerji... Gopi Puthran directs... Produced by Aditya Chopra... 2019 release. https://t.co/09rxsmzf11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/bollywood/report-mardaani-2-rani-mukerji-s-film-finally-goes-on-floors-2732988|title='Mardaani 2': Rani Mukerji's film finally goes on floors|work=Daily News and Analysis|date=25 March 2019|access-date=27 March 2019}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist|2}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|3495000}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes|m/mardaani}}

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