Daayra Movie is set to stream on Netflix on November 13, with the platform making Meghna Gulzar’s film available in Hindi and Malayalam. The release gives viewers a clear date to mark for the investigative drama, which brings Kareena Kapoor and Prithviraj Sukumaran together for the first time.
For Kapoor, the project arrives at a moment when audiences can watch her move between very different screen worlds. She has described Rohit Shetty's cop universe as larger-than-life, while calling Gulzar’s world grounded, realistic, and complex, adding that she feels fortunate to straddle both comfortably. That contrast fits Daayra, which centers on two police officers pulled into a moral conflict after a controversial encounter killing linked to a brutal rape and murder case.
The film follows Ajooni, who heads an SIT investigating the encounter and begins to uncover what lies beneath the police account. DCP Raman Kumar and his team carried out the encounter and said all the accused tried to flee while in custody, but the story turns on what Ajooni learns as the investigation deepens. It is a police procedural built around accountability, and that is also where the film’s weight lies.
At the same time, the drama does not arrive with the same pace in every stretch. Rishabh Suri, who gave the film 3 stars, said the first half is deliberate rather than gripping, noting that the investigation is allowed to breathe even if the film sometimes lacks the urgency expected from such a disturbing case. He said the second half picks up pace and moves toward its climax, and that the film’s strength lies less in shock value than in the questions it raises about institutions and accountability.
That balance is what makes the November 13 release notable. By putting Daayra on Netflix in two languages, the platform is widening the film’s reach for streaming audiences who want a serious procedural without waiting for a theatrical window. The remaining question is not whether the film is coming, but how widely the release will travel beyond its two-language rollout. For now, the date is fixed, the cast is in place, and the story is headed straight to streaming.
