Maharani is a fictionalised political drama set in the Bihar of the 1990s. Bheema Bharti, the chief minister of Bihar (Sohum Shah) is shot down by a few supposedly political rivals, leaving him in critical health. Adamant at staying in the power loop, he announces his homemaker wife Rani Bharti (Huma Qureshi) as his successor — leaving everyone including Rani shocked. With no formal education, political experience, or even aspirations, she must tread her foot carefully in the male-dominated political fabric.