In TrendsStock MarketNSE IPOGold vs SilverN ChandrasekaranDow JonesCrude Oil PricesBRICS SummitMeghna Gulzar and the cinema of moral ambiguityWhether it be Talvar, Raazi, Chhapaak, Sam Bahadur or now Daayra, Meghna Gulzar repeatedly gravitates towards stories in which institutions, individuals and ideas of right and wrong collide head first.By Sneha Bengani September 19, 2026, 2:44:16 PM IST (Published)With Daayra, a police procedural starring Prithviraj Sukumaran and Kareena Kapoor Khan as two officers on warring sides of a high-stakes investigation, Meghna Gulzar’s filmography comes full circle.Since 2015, the 52-year-old filmmaker has been compulsively excavating the human cost of headlines. Whether it be Talvar, Raazi, Chhapaak, Sam Bahadur, or now Daayra, Gulzar has been obsessed with telling stories of individuals wading through murky waters, navigating structures larger than themselves under extraordinary circumstances.In each of her films, the setting changes but the central tension does not. In Talvar (2015), the premise was the infamous 2008 Noida double murder case revolving around the mysterious killings of the 13-year-old Aarushi Talwar and her house-help Hemraj. Written by Vishal Bhardwaj, the crime thriller’s Rashomon-like structure helped Meghna put forward multiple perspectives and perceived truths that kept changing depending on who was telling the story. Even after 18 years…
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