Kartavya (2026)
Original title: कर्त्तव्य
Kartavya is a 2026 Hindi-language crime movie directed by Pulkit, with a running time of 1h 49m. It stars Saif Ali Khan, Rasika Dugal and Sanjay Mishra.
Duty cuts both ways for the police officer at the center of Pulkit's Kartavya. Saif Ali Khan plays a cop whose family becomes the target when the threats he faces on the job follow him home, forcing a choice between the badge and the people he loves. Produced by Gauri Khan for Red Chillies Entertainment and released through Netflix, the film keeps its focus tight and its tension domestic. Rasika Dugal, Sanjay Mishra and Zakir Hussain fill out the cast. This is crime drama built less on spectacle than on the quiet dread of watching danger close in on an ordinary house.
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What is Kartavya about?
Duty cuts both ways for the police officer at the center of Pulkit's Kartavya. Saif Ali Khan plays a cop whose family becomes the target when the threats he faces on the job follow him home, forcing a choice between the badge and the people he loves. Produced by Gauri Khan for Red Chillies Entertainment and released through Netflix, the film keeps its focus tight and its tension domestic. Rasika Dugal, Sanjay Mishra and Zakir Hussain fill out the cast. This is crime drama built less on spectacle than on the quiet dread of watching danger close in on an ordinary house.
When was Kartavya released?
Kartavya was released on 15 May 2026.
How long is Kartavya?
Kartavya runs 1h 49m.
Who made Kartavya?
Kartavya was directed by Pulkit.
Where can I watch Kartavya?
Kartavya is available on Netflix.
Where to watch Kartavya
Stream: Netflix
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A few thoughts on Kartavya
Rockstar's Max Payne shares the core nightmare of a lawman whose family becomes the fault line. Disco Elysium hands you a wrecked detective and a city full of compromise, and The Mentalist offers a leaner procedural fix. For the larger picture of family and power under a criminal shadow, Mario Puzo's The Godfather still sets the standard.
Crime that closes in on a family's front door
Kartavya turns a cop's job into a home invasion of dread, as the threats Saif Ali Khan faces on duty start hunting the people he loves. These thrillers share that domestic terror, ordinary houses becoming battlegrounds when crime follows someone home and every locked door feels thinner than it should.
Gritty crime dramas and reckonings in the underworld
Kartavya trades spectacle for the slow squeeze of a criminal threat tightening around one man. These films work that darker register, following gangsters, cops and marked men through betrayals and violent reckonings where the line between the law and the lawless keeps blurring and no one gets out clean.
Indian crime thrillers with the tension turned up
As a Netflix Hindi crime drama, Kartavya sits alongside a wave of taut Indian thrillers. These picks deliver the same nerve, cops and civilians caught in kidnappings, cover-ups and split-second choices, where the stakes are personal and the pressure rarely lets up before the final reveal lands.
Story-driven crime you play through yourself
Kartavya's tight focus on choices and consequences carries over to these narrative games, where you steer detectives and desperate people through crime scenes and moral traps. Every decision tightens the noose, trading the film's watch-and-dread for hands-on tension as you investigate, interrogate and live with what your choices set in motion.