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Daayra Opens To Cold Box Office Despite Talvar Comparisons
Meghna Gulzar's Kareena Kapoor and Prithviraj-led investigation drama drew mixed reviews and thin ticket sales, reviving questions about her post-Raazi run.
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Meghna Gulzar is an Indian writer, director and producer. The daughter of lyricist & poet Gulzar and former actress Raakhee, she was born on 13 December 1973 in Maharashtra, Mumbai. She is best known for directing of Bollywood film Raazi in 2018.
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Box Office
Daayra Stays Flat At Rs 50 Lakh On Day Five
Daayra's Tuesday collection matched Monday's Rs 50 lakh instead of climbing, leaving the Meghna Gulzar film's five-day domestic net at Rs 5.50 crore against a reported Rs 50-60 crore budget.
6 days ago2 min
Box Office
Daayra's Rs 55 Crore Budget Looks Distant After 74% Monday Crash
Kareena Kapoor Khan and Prithviraj Sukumaran's Daayra collapsed on its first Monday, dropping 74.3 percent to Rs 45 lakh net, leaving its reported Rs 55 crore budget far out of reach so far.
22 Sept 20262 min
Bollywood
Meghna Gulzar Says Raazi Is Just As Patriotic As Dhurandhar
Meghna Gulzar has responded to comparisons between her 2018 film Raazi and Dhurandhar, saying both are equally patriotic even though their storytelling styles are worlds apart.
22 Sept 20262 min
Box Office
Daayra's Opening Weekend Stumbles Below Kareena's Past Hits
Daayra collected roughly 5.6 crore net in its opening weekend, the lowest start for a Kareena‑led film in the past 15 years, trailing even the modest ‘The Buckingham Murders’.
21 Sept 20262 min
Box Office
Daayra Opens To Rs 3.77 Crore Over Its First Weekend
Meghna Gulzar's Daayra collected Rs 3.77 crore in its opening weekend, rising from a soft Friday before nearly flatlining on Sunday. The film's weekday run now decides how far it travels.
21 Sept 20262 min
Box Office
Daayra Box Office Stays Flat At ₹1.75 Crore On Day 3
Daayra's first Sunday brought no relief, with the Kareena Kapoor Khan and Prithviraj Sukumaran crime thriller collecting the same ₹1.75 crore it made on Day 2, taking its three-day total to roughly ₹4.50 crore net.
21 Sept 20262 min
Box Office
Daayra Posts 60% Jump On Day Two After Soft Opening
Meghna Gulzar's Daayra grew 60% on its second day after a muted Friday opening, with trade estimates for the two-day total ranging between Rs 2.6 and 3.1 crore against a reported Rs 55 crore budget.
21 Sept 20262 min
Box Office
Daayra’s Day‑Two Box Office Jump Boosted by BOGO Offer
Daayra opened on September 18 with a modest ₹1.15 crore, but a BOGO ticket deal helped it pull in ₹2.18 crore on day two, pushing the two‑day total to ₹3.33 crore amid mixed critical feedback.
20 Sept 20262 min
Box Office
Daayra Jumps 88% On Day 2, Eyes ₹6 Crore Weekend
Daayra, starring Kareena Kapoor and Prithviraj Sukumaran, saw its Saturday collections nearly double after a slow Friday. The Meghna Gulzar-directed thriller now eyes a ₹6-crore-plus opening weekend, with Drishyam 3 looming on October 2.
20 Sept 20262 min
Box Office
Daayra Opens Below Rs 1.5 Crore Despite Strong Reviews
Daayra, starring Kareena Kapoor Khan and Prithviraj Sukumaran as officers on opposite sides of a police encounter case, opened soft despite glowing reviews, with trade trackers giving conflicting day one numbers against a reported Rs 50-60 crore budget.
19 Sept 20262 min
Bollywood
Daayra Sets Up A Moral Showdown It Never Delivers
Daayra, Meghna Gulzar's new crime thriller starring Prithviraj Sukumaran and Kareena Kapoor Khan, releases September 18 with a gripping first half that gives way to a second half critics call directionless and underpowered.
18 Sept 20262 min
Bollywood
Kareena Kapoor And Prithviraj Lead Star-Studded Daayra Screening
Daayra held its premiere screening on September 17, a day ahead of release, with Kareena Kapoor Khan, Prithviraj Sukumaran and director Meghna Gulzar among those who turned up for the red carpet.
18 Sept 20262 min
Bollywood
Meghna Gulzar Says Irrfan Khan Made Directing Effortless On Talvar
Ahead of Daayra's release, Meghna Gulzar spoke about directing Irrfan Khan, Vicky Kaushal, Deepika Padukone, Alia Bhatt, Tabu and Sushmita Sen, revealing which actors needed no instruction at all.
17 Sept 20262 min
Bollywood
Meghna Gulzar's Daayra Refuses To Pick A Side On Encounter Killings
Filmfare's review of Meghna Gulzar's Daayra calls it gritty and compelling, with Prithviraj Sukumaran's vigilante cop overshadowing Kareena Kapoor Khan's by-the-book DCP in a drama that echoes the 2019 Telangana encounter case without directly adapting it.
17 Sept 20262 min
Press Circuit
Kareena Kapoor And Prithviraj Sukumaran Take Daayra To Delhi
Kareena Kapoor Khan and Prithviraj Sukumaran met the press and students in Delhi ahead of Daayra's September 18 release, with Kareena posting photos from the event in a pink floral saree.
16 Sept 20262 min
Bollywood
Prithviraj Sukumaran Says Bollywood Runs On Too Much Paperwork
Prithviraj Sukumaran, who stars in Meghna Gulzar's Daayra, opened up about the gap between Malayalam cinema's informal set culture and Bollywood's layered, agency-driven process ahead of the film's September 18 release.
16 Sept 20262 min
Bollywood
Daayra Clears CBFC With Just One Dialogue Tweak
Daayra, starring Kareena Kapoor Khan and Prithviraj Sukumaran as opposing cops, has been passed by the censor board with almost no cuts. The crime thriller releases in theatres on September 18.
16 Sept 20262 min
Bollywood
Daayra Refuses To Take Sides, Says Prithviraj Sukumaran
Prithviraj Sukumaran says Meghna Gulzar never lets her filmmaking tilt the scales in Daayra, the cop drama pitting his character against Kareena Kapoor Khan's, out in theatres September 18.
14 Sept 20262 min
Bollywood
Daayra Clears CBFC With Zero Cuts, One Word Swapped
Daayra has received an A certificate from the CBFC with no visual cuts at all. The only change ordered was a single word in a Kareena Kapoor Khan dialogue, replaced with 'Minister.'
14 Sept 20262 min
Bollywood
Daayra Title Track Unveiled As Kareena Kapoor Khan Calls Meghna Gulzar A Taskmaster
Daayra's music launch in Mumbai brought out Kareena Kapoor Khan, Prithviraj Sukumaran, director Meghna Gulzar and lyricist Gulzar to unveil the title track Sach Ka Daayra ahead of the film's September 18 release.
11 Sept 20262 min
Bollywood
Kareena Kapoor Wants Daayra's Opening As Her Birthday Gift
Kareena Kapoor Khan used the Daayra song launch to talk about playing a restrained character, working with Meghna Gulzar for 26 years' worth of firsts, and wanting a big opening before her September 21 birthday.
11 Sept 20262 min
Bollywood
Kareena Kapoor Says Bollywood Can't Chase ₹500 Crore Anymore
Kareena Kapoor, promoting Daayra, told a Yuvaa town hall that not every film needs to gross ₹200 or ₹500 crore, arguing audiences now demand substance over formula.
10 Sept 20262 min
Press Circuit
Kareena Kapoor Calls Out Bollywood's Herd Mentality On Violent Films
Kareena Kapoor has criticised Bollywood's tendency to copy successful formulas, pointing to the wave of violent films that followed Animal's massive box-office run, in a new interview with Yuvaa.
10 Sept 20262 min
Bollywood
Parvathy Thiruvothu Didn't Mimic Kareena's Voice For Daayra Dub
Parvathy Thiruvothu opens up about voicing Kareena Kapoor Khan's character in the Malayalam dub of Daayra, revealing the technical grind behind lip-sync and one especially tricky emotional scene.
9 Sept 20262 min
Bollywood
Prithviraj Sukumaran Calls Himself An Instrument For Meghna Gulzar
Prithviraj Sukumaran tells Filmfare that he sees himself as a tool for Meghna Gulzar's vision, not an actor chasing a distinct performance, crediting directors and writers for any perceived reinvention on screen.
8 Sept 20262 min
Bollywood
B Praak To Sing Daayra's Only Track, Gulzar Writes Lyrics
B Praak has recorded the sole song in Meghna Gulzar's Daayra, penned by Gulzar and composed by Amit Trivedi, according to Pinkvilla, ahead of the film's September 18 release starring Kareena Kapoor Khan and Prithviraj Sukumaran.
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