This is the story of a daredevil female cop who leaves no stone unturned in her quest to rescue an orphan girl who is caught in a ring of human trafficking to literally witness hell at such a tender age. Do the cop’s efforts bear fruit? Can she rescue the girl from the clutches of what seems to be an organized syndicate? The entire trauma that one doesn’t wish to see in his/her everyday life is what forms the crux of the story.
Language:
Hindi
Running Time:
111 min
Rating:
A
Release date:
22 August 2014
Directed by:
Pradeep Sarkar
Produced by:
Aditya Chopra
Written by:
Gopi Puthran
Starring:
Rani Mukerji
Tahir Raj Bhasin
Jisshu Sengupta
Saanand Verma
Priyanka Sharma
Akhilesh Verma
Music by:
Shantanu Moitra
Sulaiman Merchant
Julius Packiam
Shot by:
Artur Zurawski
Editing by:
Sanjib Datta
Distributed by:
Yash Raj Films

What’s Hot

  • You will start running short of words trying to describe Rani Mukherji’s acting skills. She is one of the best in the industry and ‘Mardaani’ just takes her a notch higher. She literally has the audience chanting her name from her first frame in the movie. Be it curbing the vandalizing hooligans, nabbing a culprit, feeling remorseful for her husband, usage of cuss words or challenging the villain – she just nails every act.
  • Tahir Raj Bhasin as the tech-savvy, suave, video game addicted and cool headed mastermind behind the whole trafficking syndicate has completely justified his potential. He definitely is not your typical Bollywood pimp and pulls off the role with aplomb and his entire persona symbolizes the Gen-Next ‘villainism’. The villain addressing the lead-lady as ma’am, has indeed some touch in there!!
  • Mardaani is one unique movie which doesn’t involve a cop with unbelievable action sequences, high decibel dialogues or unnecessary pauses in the screenplay. Instead, it relies heavily on the performance of the protagonist and the story which has been exquisitely narrated by Pradeep Sarkar.
  • This is one flick that stresses the importance of the supporting actors, none of whom let the film down and have performed their roles to near perfection to end up leaving a lasting impression on the audience.

What’s Not

  • The kidnapping of the juvenile girls and the sequences that follow it up make the audience wince in discomfort. Though it might bring out watery eyes in many, it’s definitely not for the weak hearted lot due to the extent of disturbing content.

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Verdict

Verdict Stamp

Mardaani is definitely not for the ‘Chulbul Pandey’ and ‘Bajirao Singham’ junkies, but for those who want the pleasure of watching a nice and powerful cop flick without the superfluous elements. This is absolutely worth a trip to the theatres.