| Raid | |
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| Directed by | Raj Kumar Gupta |
| Produced by | Abhishek Pathak Kumar Mangat Pathak Bhushan Kumar Krishan Kumar Dua |
| Screenplay by | Ritesh Shah |
| Story by | Ritesh Shah |
| Starring | Ajay Devgn Ileana D'Cruz Saurabh Shukla |
| Music by | Original Music and Background Score: Amit Trivedi Revamp Composer: Tanishk Bagchi |
| Cinematography | Alphonse Roy |
| Edited by | Bodhaditya Banerjee |
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| Distributed by | UFO Moviez |
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Running time
| 115 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Box office | ₹ 142.81 crore[1] |
Raid is a 2018 Indian period action crime thriller film written by Ritesh Shah and directed by Raj Kumar Gupta. It features Ajay Devgn, Ileana D'Cruz and Saurabh Shukla.
The film is inspired by the real life Income-tax raid that was conducted by the officers of the Income Tax Department under the leadership of a courageous and upright Indian Revenue Service officer in the 1980s. It was released worldwide on 16 March 2018, and was met with positive reviews from critics.
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The film focuses on the transferred IRS officer Amay Patnaik (Ajay Devgn)[8] to Lucknow as Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax, who lives happily with his wife Malini (Ileana D'Cruz). One day, he receives an anonymous tip about the black money hoarded by (Member of Parliament) Rameshwar Singh, the don of Sitagarh, who has evaded paying the income tax for a very long time. So, Amay and his team plan heavily and head over to Sitagarh. There he faces hostility from Rameshwar's family but he keeps up his honest attitude. He searches every nook and corner of the house with his team to find black money, but to no avail. After a few hours, when all hope is lost, he receives an anonymous letter revealing to him the location of the money in the house, along with a map. So, Amay and his team break down the walls, ceilings, staircases and old storerooms (with the help of the map) to find assets worth crores. MP Rameshwar, not willing to accept defeat, goads Amay into letting him leave the house. He meets the then Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, but the CM refuses any aid as the IT department is under the Central government's control and the raid is legal. The central finance minister is forced to call to Amay, but is rebuffed. A relentless Rameshwar meets several MPs politicians, senior officers and even tries to meet the then Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi herself, but to no avail. He rallies his political support and threatens to topple the state cabinet unless the Prime Minister agrees to meet him. When the raid proceeds for the 3rd night, the PM and Rameshwar meet. PM Indira Gandhi calls Amay, and tells him to look for other legal options. Amay agrees, as long as she provides a signed order through fax to stop the raid, effectively negating the request. The PM is impressed by Amay's courage, spirit, and intelligence and sends Rameshwar away. Frustrated, Rameshwar tries to attack Malini, which she escapes narrowly. On hearing this, Amay becomes furious but controls his anger. Finally, on the 4th day at noon, Rameshwar's henchmen come to kill Amay and his team. After a long struggle, a nearly defeated Amay is saved in time by special police forces sent by the PM. Rameshwar is arrested but upon asking about the identity of Amay's informer, the latter refuses to disclose it as per the rules. Later, it is revealed that it is Rameshwar's youngest daughter-in-law was the informer as she and her lover wanted revenge on him for marrying her forcefully to his impotent son. Rameshwar is left wondering about the informer's identity in prison while Amay gets transferred to some other place, with a hope for a bright future.
Cast
- Ajay Devgan as Amay Patnaik
- Ileana D'Cruz as Malini Patnaik
- Saurabh Shukla as Rameshwar "Rajaji" Singh a.k.a "Tauji"
- Amit Sial as Lallan Sudheer singh
- Amit Bimrot as Satish
- Gayathri Iyer as Mukta Yadav
- Sheeba Chaddha as Prabha Devi
- Saanand Verma as Suraj Singh
- Sulagna Panigrahi as Tara
- Geeta Agarwal as Reema
- Devas Dixit as Shashi Singh
- Ravi Khanvilakar as Rakesh Singh
- Pravin Singh Sisodia as Anubhav Singh
- Pushpa Joshi as Amma Ji
- Saurabhi Singh as Jaya
- Simran Nisha as Sushma
- Prakash Bajpai as Ramu Kaka
- Manju Shukla as Kaki
- Udayvir Singh as "Shyam Bihari Lal", Director General of Income Tax
- Flora Jacob as Prime Minister
- Anil Rastogi as Finance Minister
- R.C. Pathak as Chief Minister
Production
Development
In August 2017, Rajkumar Gupta made an official announcement about Ajay Devgn and Ileana D'Cruz being a part of his next film titled Raid.[9][10] More than 40 theatre actors of Lucknow were selected to play various characters in the film.[11]
Filming
The principal photography of Raid took place in Lucknow and Raebareli, and commenced in September 2017.
Soundtrack
The music of the film is composed by Tanishk Bagchi and Amit Trivedi while lyrics are penned by Manoj Muntashir and Indraneel. The first song of the film "Sanu Ek Pal Chain" which is sung by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan was released on 12 February 2018. The second track of the film titled as "Nit Khair Manga" which is also sung by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan released on 20 February 2018. The album was released on 1 March 2018 by T-Series.
Box office
The film earned INR 10.04 crore[17] on its first day and by the end of its first weekend the film had made a collection of ₹41.01 crore.[18]
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