Published 12:33 IST, November 16th 2019
Mardaani 2: Amid protests, LS Speaker Om Birla says 'Unacceptable to malign a city’s name'
Kota residents met Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla, an MP from Kota, to register their protest against the forthcoming Rani Mukherjee’s upcoming film. Read below
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Kota residents met Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla, an MP from Kota, to register ir protest against forthcoming Rani Mukherjee’s upcoming film Mardaani 2. y said that city has been positioned as an educational hub with many educational centres situated in its vicinity. However, film shot in Kota shows a different story of city which is against city’s legacy. film’s trailer released on Thursday shows a serial rapist and murderer in Kota who targets young girls. It also mentions that film is inspired by true events.
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LS Speaker on controversy:
Birla after meeting protesters spoke to media and said that issue will be discussed with concerned people. “It is unacceptable to malign a city’s name through cinema. fictional story clearly mentioning city’s name is t justified,” he ded
film has Rani Mukerji playing a police officer posing as Shivani Shivaji Roy in Mardaani 2 who vows to catch serial rapist in two days.
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movie is an action-thriller where a woman fights crimes committed on or women by society. previous edition of film was based on child trafficking. This action movie series is written and directed by Gopi Puthran who is making his directoral debut in Bollywood with this action film.
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Trailer Review
trailer begins by showcasing data by NCRB, which expounded how more than two thousand rape crimes are committed by teen or juvenile boys every year in India. Presenting number, narrator informs audience those were only registered cases. Set in city of Rajasthan, Kota, Mardaani 2 trailer features a brutal assault on a young girl who is killed after being raped and tortured. Shifting between crime scenes, trailer shows scenes inside testing lab and police station until Shivani can be heard saying that she will catch ‘monster’ in a press conference.
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12:25 IST, November 16th 2019