Yash Raj Films has unveiled the Mardaani 3 trailer, bringing Rani Mukerji back as ACP Shivani Shivaji Roy—this time battling a sinister child trafficking racket in a gritty, action-driven crime thriller.
The Case: Missing Girls, A City on Edge
The trailer sets up a race-against-time investigation centered on young girls going missing, with Shivani going deep into the underworld to crack the network behind the disappearances. One report pegs the number at 93 girls missing in three months, raising the stakes from the very first beat.
The Villain: Enter ‘Amma’
This chapter introduces a fresh face of menace—‘Amma’ (Mallika Prasad)—positioned as the force Shivani must break to reach the truth. The trailer plays it as a relentless cat-and-mouse chase, where power doesn’t just sit in the shadows—it runs the racket.
What the Franchise Is Doing This Time
After Mardaani (human trafficking) and Mardaani 2 (a predator who challenged the system), Mardaani 3 returns to another dark social reality—packaged with brute urgency and on-ground intensity.
Release date and key credits
Mardaani 3 is directed by Abhiraj Minawala, produced by Aditya Chopra under Yash Raj Films, and is set for a 30 January 2026 theatrical release, per the studio’s official listing.
By – Juhi