Amazon Prime Video on Friday released the teaser of an upcoming crime thriller Daldal. Directed by Amrit Raj Gupta, Daldal seems to be a grisly crime drama that revolves around a Mumbai Crime Branch DCP Rita Ferreira who is on a hunt to solve a murder mystery.
Slated to be released on Prime Video on January 30, 2026; Daldal features Bhumi Satish Pednekkar, Aditya Rawal, Samara Tijori, Geeta Agrawal, Chinmay Mandlekar, Ananth Narayan Mahadevan, Rahul Bhat, and more in the key roles.
Since you have landed on this page, True Scoop assumes that you are digging deep into Daldal True Story or Daldal Real Story and querying whether Daldal is inspired by true events or not.
The answer is no. According to reports, Daldal is based on the bestselling book Bhendi Bazaar by author Vish Dhamija. Therefore, it can be said that the character of Mumbai Crime Branch officer DCP Rita Ferreira is also fictional in nature.
According to reports, Bhendi Bazaar tells the story of a serial killer and a police officer who attempts to identify the pattern behind the killer's murders before she becomes the next victim.
The official synopsis of the series reads-
Rita Ferreira, the newly appointed DCP of the Mumbai Crime Branch, wears her crown like a curse. Introverted and plagued by impostor syndrome, Rita is shaken by the brutal murder of – an innocent good samaritan whose death eerily mirrors a violent thought Rita had about him, just hours earlier.
Wracked with guilt, Rita is drawn to the case and, against all odds, takes it upon herself to find the killer while battling resistance from her colleagues, a deeply patriarchal system, and her unravelling personal life.
The investigation pits her against Anita Acharya, a rookie reporter, whose dual existence is a scary contrast. But their true conflict isn’t with each other - it’s with the ghosts of their pasts.
What follows is a cat-and-mouse game between two women forged in trauma, set against the gritty backdrop of Mumbai and its crime branch. Only one will emerge redeemed.
