Overview
- Following Thursday’s trailer launch in Mumbai and online, Netflix set Kartavya’s global streaming date for May 15.
- The film follows Pawan, a police officer under fire after a journalist is shot under his protection, as a manhunt unearths influence and corruption while threats close in on his family.
- Producer Ashish Singh said Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri Khan stayed involved in oversight and marketing but gave director Pulkit wide creative freedom.
- Saif Ali Khan headlines an ensemble with Rasika Dugal, Sanjay Mishra, Zakir Hussain and Manish Chaudhari, and the cast includes Saurabh Dwivedi in his first screen role.
- Director Pulkit frames the story as living in the grey, and the Red Chillies–Netflix pairing underscores the growing pipeline of Indian studio films debuting directly on streaming.