Overview
- The film’s music video for the title track “Sach Ka Daayra” was released on Thursday and the official music launch in Mumbai on Friday reunited director Meghna Gulzar with lyricist Gulzar, lead actors Kareena Kapoor Khan and Prithviraj Sukumaran.
- Kareena plays DCP Ajooni Kohli and Prithviraj plays DCP Raman Kumar, two senior police officers on opposing sides of the same investigation in an investigative crime drama inspired by multiple real-life cases.
- Industry reports say the Central Board of Film Certification has given Daayra an A rating and lists the runtime as 143.16 minutes; the film remains scheduled to open in theatres on September 18, creating a box‑office clash with Kunal Kemmu’s Vibe.
- Marketing has been deliberately restrained: the campaign centres on one title song, character posters and high‑profile events that highlight the Gulzar–Meghna collaboration and the film’s thematic focus on truth, law and perspective.
- Meghna Gulzar’s public comments at the launch stressed ethical limits when fictionalising real incidents, a framing that builds on her track record and could shape critics’ and adult audiences’ response as reviews and first‑week box office roll in.