[8][9][10] The multi-seasons political series is partly inspired by events in Bihar in the 1990s when Lalu Prasad Yadav made his homemaker wife Rabri Devi his successor.

[11] The story of season 1 is from 1995 to 1999 and is inspired by real-life events and characters like Ranvir Sena, left-wing militants, Naxalite groups, the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation, 1997 Laxmanpur Bathe massacre, Fodder Scam, Brahmeshwar Singh.

[12] The story of season 2 is from mid-1999 and is inspired from real-life events and characters like Shilpi-Gautam Murder, Sadhu Yadav, Rajiv Goswami, Shibu Soren, Mohammad Shahabuddin, Prashant Kishor, Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC)[13] and 2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election.

An uneducated woman who was content with her simple ways of living and her regular family life has to now deal with government files she could not read, corruption, and caste massacres within the state.

[24] Writing for The Firstpost, Prathyush Parasuraman gave the series 3 stars and stated that Huma Qureshi shines in a sanitised portrayal of Rabri Devi.

[34] Aditya Menon in The Quint wrote that the web series trid to invert the ‘Jungle Raj’ tag that was put on the Lalu Yadav-Rabri Devi period in Bihar.

[35] Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV wrote that Maharani is a passable account of a state fighting steady decline and seeking regeneration.

[39] Rony Patra from LetsOTT stated that strong characters and an authentic Bihari milieu coupled with "bombastic dialogues" made the series a gripping watch.

Rishita Roy Chowdhury of India Today went on to applaud Huma Qureshi's performance saying" she brings nuances and emotional gradients to her character.

[41] Kriti Tulsiani from ZoomTV wrote that the show boasts of a captivating premise but falls victim to the makers’ linear storytelling approach.

"[45] Shashank Pandey of Dainik Bhaskar also gave the series a 3.5 out of five and hailed it as, ‘Emotion aur entertainment ki Maharani.’[46] ABP News, with its 4 stars out of 5, mentioned that ‘Maharani continues to rule the world of OTT’.

Abhimanyu Mathur of Hindustan Times remarked ‘Huma Qureshi reigns supreme in a show that is a lesson in how political thrillers should be made.’ Namrata Thakur of Rediff said, ‘The second season of Maharani 2 is bigger, better, and far more brutal’.

[48] Zoya Bhatti of ThePrint gave the Huma Qureshi starrer a 3.5 out of 5, commenting "Maharani 2 sees Rani Bharti go from political pawn to queen bee.

Yatamanyu Narain in News18 said -"In a nutshell, Maharani 3 is a vicious take of revenge and regaining power once again, not quite on the lines of a conventional political drama, quite atypical and insidious even, but quite honest to its unique treatment.