Junglee Pictures and Pen Studios team up for crime thriller Daayra starring Kareena Kapoor Khan

Junglee Pictures and Pen Studios have entered a collaborative agreement to co-produce a series of films, beginning with the crime thriller “Daayra.” The movie stars Kareena Kapoor Khan and Prithviraj Sukumaran and is directed by Meghna Gulzar, drawing on real-life events to explore themes of guilt and justice. The partnership merges Junglee’s focus on narrative-centric development with Pen Studios’ strength in production and theatrical distribution across India and overseas markets.

Vineet Jain of the Times Group, which owns Junglee, praised the creative synergy, while Pen Studios’ chair Jayantilal Gada emphasized the film’s potential to spark conversation. “Daayra” will hit cinemas on September 18, marking the start of the companies’ joint slate. The deal arrives as Indian box-office revenues continue to rise, with Hindi-language films accounting for the majority of recent earnings.