Rani Mukerji on Mardaani: ‘Rohit Shetty’s cop universe is larger than life, my character is probably more grounded’

Rohit Shetty’s cop universe, that includes Ajay Devgn’s Singham and Ranveer Singh’s Simmba, may not be able to accommodate Rani Mukerji’s Shivani Shivaji Rao, she has claimed.

Actor Rani Mukerji, who reprises her role of a strict cop Shivani for Mardaani 2, has said her role is way different from Ajay Devgn’s Singham or Ranveer Singh’s Simmba, perhaps because of her gender. Ahead of his upcoming film with Akshay Kumar, Sooryavanshi, Rohit Shetty had expressed desire to create a cop universe and include a female cop as well in his filmography that boasts of three cop films.

Rani Mukerji poses for a picture during a talk show in Mumbai on Tuesday. (ANI)

A Peepingmoon report quoted Rani as saying, “My cop character Shivani from Mardaani is different from Ajay’s Singham, Ranveer’s Simmba, Akshay’s Sooryavanshi and even Salman Khan’s Chulbul Pandey because I’m a woman.”

Rani also claimed her cop franchise is more grounded while Rohit’s films are larger than life. “I don’t know if Shivani Shivaji Roy has place in Rohit’s cop universe. Mardaani as a franchise talks about real life cops and is a realistic take on how crimes are handled in our country. Rohit’s cop universe has larger than life cops. My character is probably more grounded,” she added.

Rani had delivered a knock-out performance in the super hit and acclaimed Mardaani, in which she took down the kingpin of a child trafficking racket. Produced by Aditya Chopra, Mardaani 2 is set to hit theatres on December 13.

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