Kareena Kapoor and Prithviraj Sukumaran are bringing the Daayra movie to Netflix on November 13. The film will stream in Hindi and Malayalam, giving the investigative drama a wider reach on its OTT run.
On Thursday, Netflix India South said the release would land on the platform on November 13. For viewers, the two-language rollout means the film arrives as a straightforward streaming choice rather than a limited single-version drop.
Meghna Gulzar's Daayra
Meghna Gulzar directs the film, which brings Kapoor and Sukumaran together for the first time. Kareena Kapoor said, “Every director operates in a different universe,” and described Rohit Shetty's cop universe as “larger-than-life” while calling Meghna's world “grounded, realistic, and complex.”
She added, “As an actor, I feel fortunate to straddle both worlds comfortably,” a line that fits the release strategy here: one project moving from a theatrical-style police universe into a home-streaming audience that can choose language without waiting for a separate cut.
Ajooni's investigation
The film centers on two police officers drawn into a moral conflict after a controversial encounter killing tied to a brutal rape and murder case. Ajooni heads an SIT investigating the encounter, while DCP Raman Kumar and his team say the accused men tried to flee during custody.
That split between police justification and investigative scrutiny is the engine of the story. What Ajooni uncovers during the investigation forms the crux, and that makes the November 13 release more than a routine OTT date: it puts a legally and morally charged drama in front of viewers who want the case, not just the casting, to carry the weight.
Rishabh Suri's 3 stars
Hindustan Times' Rishabh Suri gave the film 3 stars, which places the project in the middle lane rather than the kind of rapturous response that usually drives a sharper event-level push. For Netflix, that kind of reception still has value when the title arrives with a known director, two leads, and language access built into the launch.
The practical takeaway is simple: if you want to watch the film, November 13 is the date to mark, and the available versions are Hindi and Malayalam. The release gives the story its first broad streaming audience, where the moral conflict around the encounter can now be judged alongside the performances rather than the trailer alone.
