"Season 1 worked because it refused to glamorise police work. Season 2 takes that approach and turns it inward — when Avinash Mishra's own son is implicated in a murder, the show is done being procedural and gets personal." WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED Inspector Avinash Season 2 premieres exclusively on JioHotstar on May 15, 2026, with all episodes dropping simultaneously. Directed by Neerraj Pathak, the season is set in late-1990s Uttar Pradesh. Randeep Hooda returns as super-cop

"Shah Rukh Khan produced it. Saif Ali Khan leads it. And it's skipping theatres entirely to go straight to Netflix on May 15 — which tells you exactly what kind of film Kartavya is, and who it's built for." WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED Kartavya, a Hindi-language crime drama directed by Pulkit, premieres exclusively on Netflix on May 15, 2026. Produced under Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment banner, the film stars Saif Ali Khan as Pawan Malik — a police officer caught in a