The pre- release buzz about Rani Mukerji’s film Mardaani 2 is on a high.
With the release of Rani Mukerji’s Mardaani 2 trailer gripping the nation with a brilliant storyline. The question that is lingering in everyone’s mind is Rani’s Mardaani 2 inspired from the horrific Shakti Mills rape case?
The edge-of-the-seat thriller will see Rani in a race against time to capture a brutal serial rapist who systematically targets women. Mardaani 2 focusses on the rise in violent crimes by juveniles in India and has definitely sparked a conversation on the threat this poses on young girls.
While films like these do tend to have real-life inspirations, we have learnt that the plot of Mardaani 2 is based on the nation-shocking Shakti Mills rape case. In 2013, the country was horrified to find out that a woman was brutally raped by 5 accused, among them 2 were juveniles.
“The makers have drawn inspiration from a lot of real-life cases that shook our country. From Yamuna Expressway case to Shakti Mills case and several other cases form the backbone of the gritty script of Mardaani 2.
It is a hard-hitting, edgy, close to reality film and, obviously, there will be a lot of similarities from the actual events that happened in India. The writer (Gopi Puthran) has particularly invested time to research on juvenile criminals and the horrific crimes they have committed against women in India. One such incident is the Shakti Mills case, one of the earliest reported cases of violent crimes like rape that were committed by juveniles,” says an informer.