Daayra on Netflix in the USA and Canada from Today: Where to Watch Kareena Kapoor’s Thriller

Meghna Gulzar’s Daayra is now streaming on Netflix in the United States and Canada, from today, November 13. The crime drama starring Kareena Kapoor Khan and Prithviraj Sukumaran arrives on the platform eight weeks after its theatrical release on September 18, and for viewers in North America it lands as a straight-to-streaming premiere — no theatrical window to wait out, no rental fee, just the standard Netflix subscription. The film runs 2 hours 19 minutes and carries a TV-MA rating in the US.

The film pairs two of Indian cinema’s biggest stars for the first time, on opposite sides of the same case. Prithviraj plays DCP Raman Kumar, the officer who leads a police encounter that makes him a national figure; Kareena plays DCP Ajooni Kohli, the internal vigilance officer sent to investigate it. The story draws on the 2019 Hyderabad Disha case and the encounter that followed, and asks where lawful justice ends and instant punishment begins. Jitendra Joshi and Kanwaljeet Singh co-star, and the film was produced by Junglee Pictures and Pen Studios. Netflix lists it as a Hindi thriller.

In theatres, Daayra earned praise for its lead performances but struggled at the box office, closing its run well short of the impact its subject deserved. Its trailer, released on August 31, has since crossed 45 million views — a sign that curiosity about the film never went away even when the theatrical numbers disappointed. It is not the only second chance on Netflix this Friday: Vijay Deverakonda’s Ranabaali also lands on the platform today, after closing its theatrical run at Rs 80.83 crore worldwide — we covered its final numbers here: https://filmverse.in/ranabaali-final-box-office-80-crore-netflix-premiere-november-13/

Here is the Filmverse take: Daayra is exactly the kind of film that finds its real audience at home. It is a serious, issue-led drama about a case every Indian viewer remembers, and that is precisely the sort of film diaspora viewers choose deliberately on a Friday night rather than on impulse. The encounter-justice question at its centre travelled far beyond India when the Disha case happened, and for viewers in the US and Canada the film offers something the week’s louder releases do not: a quiet, procedural argument about policing and due process, led by two actors at the top of their craft. We announced the Netflix date here: https://filmverse.in/daayra-netflix-november-13-kareena-kapoor-prithviraj-sukumaran-meghna-gulzar/

Sources: Netflix India, Aceshowbiz — US streaming availability as reported; the film streams on Netflix in the USA and Canada from November 13.

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