Raid (2018)

A fearless income tax officer raids the mansion of the most powerful man in Lucknow after someone mysteriously draws his attention towards the evidence.

Director:

Raj Kumar Gupta

Writer:

Ritesh Shah

Stars:

Ajay Devgn, Ileana D'Cruz, Amit Bimrot

2 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ajay Devgn	...	Amay Patnaik
Ileana D'Cruz	...	Malini Patnaik
Amit Bimrot	...	Satish Mishra
Saurabh Shukla	...	Rameshwar Singh 'Tauji'
Amit Sial	...	Lallan Sudheer
Gayathri Iyer	...	Mukta (as Gayathri)
Sheeba Chaddha	...	Prabha
Saanand Verma	...	Suraj Singh
Sulagna Panigrahi	...	Tara
Geeta Agarwal	...	Reema
Devas Dixit	...	Shashi Singh
Ravi Khanvilkar	...	Rakesh Singh
Pravin Singh Sisodia	...	Anubhav Singh
Pushpa Joshi	...	Amma
Surbhi Singh	...	Jaya (as Saurabhi Singh)

Storyline

Set in the 80s in Uttar Pradesh, India, Raid is based on the true story of one of the most high profile raids the country has ever known. Amay Patnaik (Ajay Devgn), an upright and no-nonsense Income Tax officer has already been transferred 49 times in the past seven years owing to his idealistic and courageous disposition to uncover tax frauds, hitting hard the pockets of many a big shot. When Patnaik is assigned the case of Tauji, a highly influential and feared man in Uttar Pradesh, little does he know that his unerring determination to bring Tauji to justice would culminate in the longest and most challenging raid of his career as also the history of the Income Tax Department of India. Would Amay succeed in the face of an increasingly stubborn and belligerent Tauji forms the crux of the story.

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Plot Keywords:

1980s | india | based on true story | raid | black money | 

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Taglines:

Heroes don't always come in uniform

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Ileena D'Cruz' first film after her marriage.

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Quotes

Amay Patnaik: The only time I went back empty-handed was on my wedding. But whenever I went to someone's house at dawn, I've always found something.

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Crazy Credits

The title card in all the three languages has "1981" written on it, indicating the time period the film is set in.

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Alternate Versions

The film was originally certified UA with a running time of 128 minutes. Later, a few voluntary alterations of 6.26 minutes were made without the rating being changed. The alterations included deletion of some scenes, after which the duration was recorded to be 121.37 minutes or 122 minutes.

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Connections

Featured in Ujda Chaman (2019)

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Soundtracks

Black
Music by Amit Trivedi
Lyrics by Indraneel
Performed by Sukhwinder Singh

User Reviews

stars sometime not the benchmark

It's not a masala movie... it's not for those who take advantage of corruption... "RAID" real life events... and superb acting by all actors...specially ajay devgn, saurabh sukla and mother of Saurabh sukla. Great filmography Bodhaditya Banerjee... Song "Jhuk Na Paunga..." my rating 4*

Details

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Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

16 March 2018 (India)

Also Known As:

Raid

Filming Locations:

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$423,817, 18 March 2018

Gross USA:

$1,010,385

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$2,031,135

Company Credits

Production Co:

Panorama Studios, Super Cassettes Industries Limited (T-Series), T-Series

Technical Specs

Runtime:

122 min

Color:

Color