Mukerji reprised her role as Shivani Shivaji Roy in "Mardaani 2" (2019), a sequel to "Mardaani", directed by Gopi Puthran, who wrote the first film. In it, Roy faces off against a young rapist. Shubhra Gupta wrote that Mukerji is "in command right through as she works to a script which pushes her to the fore at every given chance", but Rahul Desai of Film Companion criticised her for overplaying Roy "as more of a "Dhoom" franchise character [...] than a complex cop". "Mardaani 2" performed well at the box office and gained her another nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress. The commercial success of three consecutive films led "Filmfare" to credit Mukerji for breaking "the stereotype that actresses have battled for generations that post marriage and kids, an actress' career gets over in Bollywood".