दायरा
Daayra released in theatres on Friday, 18 September 2026.
Box office so far · day 14
Raman, who has had a shady record with staged encounters and police brutality, finds himself cornered as Ajooni challenges him on every step.
DCP Ajooni Kohli
DCP Raman Kumar
Ragini
Abhinandan Basu
NGO Head
Inspector Vishal Mishra
Inspector Karad
Judge Kohli
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Daayra, starring Kareena Kapoor and Prithviraj Sukumaran, has ended its theatrical run at under ₹12 crore gross worldwide, recovering only a fraction of its reported 50-60 crore budget, Koimoi reports.
Viewers of Daayra are drawing parallels between its fictional police chiefs and real‑life officers, citing the 2019 Hyderabad encounter and the career of IPS Manzil Saini.
‘Vibe’, starring Kunal Kemmu and Preity Zinta, posted a modest rise on its fifth day, reaching a net of 9.5 crore in India, yet its hefty 35‑40 crore budget keeps it in the red.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Daayra and Vibe hit screens on September 18 with credits nobody expected. Karan Johar gets a special thanks for parting with a title, while Hrithik Roshan and Huma Qureshi get roped into an in-character joke.
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.
Parvathy Thiruvothu is playing three cops across three languages at once, a constable in the hit Pradhama Drishtya Kuttakkar, a dubbed voice for Kareena Kapoor Khan in Daayra, and a DCP in Dhootha 2.
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.
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.
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.
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.
CBFC has passed Kunal Kemmu's Vibe with an A certificate, muting a single abusive word and adding a drug disclaimer while leaving all action and romantic scenes exactly as shot. The film releases September 18, the same day as Daayra.
Kareena Kapoor Khan's Daayra and Kunal Kemmu's Vibe both received 'A' certificates from the CBFC on September 11, days before their September 18 release, with Vibe's adult rating surprising many in the trade.
Kareena Kapoor Khan says she regularly takes phones away from sons Taimur and Jeh, calling herself the stricter parent on digital access while Saif Ali Khan pushes back on how strict she gets.
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.
Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor Khan celebrated Ganesh Chaturthi at home with sons Taimur and Jeh, who made the family's eco-friendly Ganpati idol from clay this year.
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.'
Junglee Pictures unveiled new Daayra posters casting Kareena Kapoor Khan and Prithviraj Sukumaran as two officers with clashing codes, ahead of a film built around a missing girl's murder case.
