Sometime during the last year, we got the big news of the fantastic trio, Vishal Bhardwaj-Irrfan Khan-Deepika Padukone coming together for a new film. The film based on Sapna Didi a.k.a Rahima Khan who was the mafia queen of Mumbai city in the 1980's, finally has been titled as RANI.

Deepika who was last seen portraying the powerful character of Rani Padmavati in Bhansali's Padmaavat is now all set to portray the queen who ruled the underworld of Mumbai city. A source close to the production reported, "Deepika has already started the preparation for her role of a Mafia queen and she is quite particular that she gets the tonality and body language as close to the late Sapna Didi who was once a terror for other gangsters. The shoot will begin by early March in Mumbai. After Padmaavat, her fans will love to see her in a whole new avatar of a lady don and hence she is really working meticulously to strike the right chord."

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Irrfan Khan who has always been a delight to watch on the screen will be back with his Piku partner for this film and will play the role of the Kaliya, Sapna didi's husband. The duo surprised the audience with their chemistry and their light-hearted humor in Piku however, this time around the duo will bring the terror of the underworld on screen.

With two of the best actors of our country and a director who has given us finest of the films like Haider, Maqbool, and Omkara, coming together will certainly be a something we just shouldn't miss. The shoot is said to begin in March and is expected to release by October 2018.