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Daayra

Crime Drama Hindi


Raman, who has had a shady record with staged encounters and police brutality, finds himself cornered as Ajooni challenges him on every step.

Cast:Kareena Kapoor Khan, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Kshitee Jog, Jitendra Joshi, Biswapati Sarkar, Sandesh Kulkarni,
Director:Meghna Gulzar
Writer:Meghna Gulzar, Yash Keswani, Sima Agarwal
Editor:Charu Shree Roy
Camera:Saurabh Goswami
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A Gripping Clash of Morality and Justice

Fox in morning light

Renuka Vyavahare | The Times of India

Thu, September 17 2026

Daayra raises the right questions, even if its central confrontation needed sharper, more evenly matched arguments.

A police encounter involving four accused in a young girl’s gang-rape and murder case evokes sharply divided reactions. The public celebrates it as rightful justice and closure, while the SIT (Special Investigation Team), led by DCP Ajooni Kohli (Kareena Kapoor Khan), suspects that the encounter was a planned shootout orchestrated by DCP Raman Kumar (Prithviraj Sukumaran) and his team. So, what really happened and who is right? What happens when a person who is done waiting clashes with someone who keeps asking: why can’t people wait anymore? At the heart of Meghna Gulzar’s Daayra is this unsettling question, has our growing impatience, anger and obsession with urgency diminished our ability to think clearly? And when the machinery of justice moves too slowly, do ethics and morality become obstacles to efficiency? After all, life may not always be about following rules but about doing what we believe is right.

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