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‘Our Society Is Not Binary, It’s Not Just Black And White’: Meghna Gulzar On Working On Daayra
Daayra will star Kareena Kapoor Khan and Prithviraj Sukumaran in the lead.
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Meghna Gulzar is currently working on her next project, Daayra, starring Kareena Kapoor Khan and Prithviraj Sukumaran in the lead. The film is described as a gritty exploration of crime, punishment, and justice, with an intense focus on societal realities. While fans are waiting for the movie, Meghna has now shared a long-emotional statement, talking about how the film has been a learning experience.
“I was born in Mumbai. Having lived here all my life; and having travelled extensively across India, I thought I knew most of the city and the country through my life’s journey so far. But the journey of Daayra took me to unseen and unvisited places. And that’s just the geography. Daayra took my creativity to areas I have never explored before. It took my social awareness to reaches I didn’t know I had,” she wrote.
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“As a student of Sociology, I learned that our life and our society is not binary. It’s not just black and white. There is a spectrum of grey that we exist in. In my journey as a filmmaker — through Talvar, Raazi, Chhapaak and SamBahadur, I have cherished exploring that very grey – within characters and within the world they, and we live in,” Meghna added.
“Daayra for me, not only explores that grey…It invades it… it attempts to dismantle it. And that is the irony of Daayra. While it is not binary, not black or white, and is certainly grey — It is also always dual. At its core Daayra is only about duality. And this duality is entrenched through the two main protagonists of the film. Kareena Kapoor Khan plays DCP Ajooni Kohli. DCP Raman Kumar is portrayed by Prithviraj Sukumaran,” the director continued.
Talking about Kareena and Prithviraj in the film, Meghna called it her ‘dream casting’ and stated, In it, the main protagonists – Kareena Kapoor Khan and Prithviraj Sukumaran are both officers of law enforcement; and yet, they often find themselves on opposite sides of a delicate line. Kareena’s Ajooni is fiercely righteous. Prithviraj as Raman is righteously fierce. As in life, so in Daayra, they are neither black nor white. They are both swirling in a sea of grey. Sometimes the line of law guides them, sometimes it entraps them. And Daayra explores how they navigate these journeys.”
Further calling the two actors ‘spectacular’, Meghna concluded by saying, “Daayra unveils an entirely unseen facet of the actor that is Kareena Kapoor Khan. Kareena as Ajooni, is stoic, unreadable. She cracks open situations and people with a smile. Prithviraj Sukumaran as Raman, is the hinge to Kareena’s Ajooni. Seething with a caged rage. And almost never smiles. The two are the Ying and Yang of Daayra. And that’s just one of the many dualities that Daayra navigates.”
Daayra is scheduled to hit theatres on September 18, 2026.
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Ask News18Meghna Gulzar stated that while her previous films like Talvar, Raazi, Chhapaak, and SamBahadur explored the grey areas within characters and their worlds, Daayra took her to “unseen and unvisited places” both geographically and thematically. She described Daayra as being fundamentally about duality, exploring how characters navigate their journeys within a non-binary, grey spectrum of society.
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