Daayra arrives with two studios and one grey area

Meghna Gulzar’s Daayra will lead a new slate partnership between Junglee Pictures and Pen Studios, with the makers announcing a planned theatrical release on September 18, 2026. The film stars Kareena Kapoor Khan and Prithviraj Sukumaran, and is written by Gulzar, Yash Keswani and Sima Agarwal. (Outlook)

The announcement calls Daayra a crime thriller inspired by true events, focused on crime, its aftermath, guilt, punishment and the gap between legal recourse and public expectations of justice. Gulzar has described Kareena’s character, Ajooni, and Prithviraj’s Raman as law-enforcement officers who find themselves on opposite sides of a “delicate line”. The film is not set in one particular city or state, she said. (Outlook)

The film is not newly announced: principal photography began on September 25, 2025, according to the makers’ production post reproduced by Filmfare. The new announcement formalises the wider studio collaboration. The release date remains a planned date announced by the makers, not an independently verified locked schedule. (Filmfare)