Raid film(2018)

Raid is a 2018 Indian period crime thriller film written by Ritesh Shah and directed by Raj Kumar Gupta. It features Ajay DevgnIleana D'Cruz and Saurabh Shukla.[2][3]

Raid

Theatrical release poster

Directed by

Raj Kumar Gupta

Produced by

Abhishek Pathak
Kumar Mangat Pathak
Bhushan Kumar
Krishan Kumar

Screenplay by

Raj Kumar Gupta
Ritesh Shah

Story by

Ritesh Shah
(Story and Dialogues)

Starring

Ajay Devgn
Ileana D'Cruz
Saurabh Shukla

Music by

Amit Trivedi
(Background Score and Songs)
Tanishk Bagchi
(Additional songs)

Cinematography

Alphonse Roy

Edited by

Bodhaditya Banerjee

Production
company

Panorama Studios
T-Series

Release date

16 March 2018

Running time

130 minutes

Country

India

Language

Hindi

Budget

₹45 crore

Box office

₹64.36 crore[1]

The film is inspired by the real life I-T raids that were conducted by the officers of the Indian Revenue Service in the 1980s.[4] It was released worldwide on 16 March 2018, and was met with positive reviews from critics.[5]

Cast

Ajay Devgn as Amay Patnaik

Ileana D'Cruz as Malini Patnaik

Saurabh Shukla as Rameshwar "Rajaji" Singh a.k.a "Tauji"

Saanand Verma as Suraj Singh

Gayathri Iyer as Mukta Yadav

Sheeba Chaddha as Prabha Devi

Sulagna Panigrahi as Tara

Devas Dixit as Shashi Singh

Pushpa Joshi as Amma Ji

Uday Vir Singh as "Shyam Bihari Lal" Director General of Income Tax (Investigation and Intelligence)

Amit Bimrot as Satish Mishra

Amit Sial as Lallan Sudheer

Mukesh Singh Durgapur Naubasta

Akshay Verma

Ravi Khanvilakar

Neelabh Pandey as a driver of Ajay Devgn

Plot

The film focuses on the newly transferred IRS officer Amay Patnaik to Lucknow as Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax. On starting work, he starts to receive anonymous tips about black money hoarded by MP Rameshwar Singh. The movie ensues his pursuit of discovering the stash of Gold and cash all the while keeping his officers, his family and theirs safe.

Production

The principal photography of Raid took place in Lucknow and Raebareli, and commenced in September 2017.[6][7][8][9]

Release

The worldwide release date was announced on 16 March 2018.The first trailer for Raid, starring Ajay Devgn as an income tax officer, was released on Tuesday 6 February 2018.[10]

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