How Mardaani 3 Star Rani Mukerji Shut Out All Criticisms Against Her When Joining Bollywood: Had Blinkers On | EXCL

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week, Rani Mukerji posted a note on social media commemorating her three decades in Bollywood. The actress has taken several breaks in between but has always returned with strong dramas that showcase her talent. For her last film, Mrs. Chatterjee vs Norway, Rani won the National Film Award for Best Actress. This year, she is set to return as police officer Shivani Shivaji Roy in Mardaani 3 on January 30 and is part of Shah Rukh Khan's King (2026). Recently, in a conversation with Zoom, Rani looked back at her film journey and spoke about how she was never affected by any chatter about her looks or talent when she was starting in Bollywood.

Rani Mukerji on her early days in Bollywood

Speaking with Zoom, Rani responded to how she managed to deal with the initial moments of newness in the industry. The actress replied, "This question is asked in hindsight but I genuinely tell you when I was at that stage of my life when I was working, I really had my blinkers on. Maybe those blinkers had earphones as well. I don't know because I didn't hear the chatter that somebody doesn't like my voice or they think I'm very short, or they think my skin is dusky. Those things were not important. What was important is I need to play my character well. I need to deliver in terms of being real to the character that I was playing."

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Rani added, "The other chatter of heroine ko aisa hona chahiye, actress should be like this, actress should be like that. I don't think those things really bothered me because also it was not a dream of mine to become an actor, because I was an actor by chance. What was most important for me was to do the films to probably give a better life to my parents and make them comfortable and happy. So I think my initial years went in that." More about Mardaani 3 Directed by Abhiraj Minawala, Mardaani 3 is written by The Railway Men's Aayush Gupta. The other stars part of the film include Vash star Janki Bodiwala, Jisshu Sengupta and Mallika Prasad as the villain Amma. In the third film in the Hindi franchise, Shivani Shivaji Roy sets out to rescue 93 missing girls who have vanished in mysterious circumstances. The first Mardaani film was released in 2014.