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, Saurabh Shukla, Ileana D'Cruz

Top Rated Indian Movies #228 | 2 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Ajay Devgn	...	Amay Patnaik
Saurabh Shukla	...	Rameshwar Singh 'Tauji'
Ileana D'Cruz	...	Malini Patnaik
Amit Sial	...	Lallan Sudheer
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Geeta Agarwal	...	Reema
Prakash Bajpai	...	Ramu Kaka
Amit Bimrot	...	Satish Mishra
Sheeba Chaddha	...	Prabha
Devas Dixit	...	Shashi Singh
Gayathri Iyer	...	Mukta
Pushpa Joshi	...	Amma
Ravi Khanvilkar	...	Rakesh Singh
Ashwani Kumar	...	Informer
Simran Nisha	...	Sushma
Neelabh Pandey	...	Driver of Amey

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 | raid | black money | corruption | gold | 

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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

Details

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Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

16 March 2018 (India)

Also Known As:

Рейд

Filming Locations:

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$423,817, 18 March 2018, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$1,010,385, 1 April 2018

Company Credits

Production Co:

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

Technical Specs

Runtime:

122 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Ileena Dcruz 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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Soundtracks

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

User Reviews

Raid Review

Raid is a film directed by Rajkumar Gupta. After watching the trailer I felt I had to just watch this film as it was the comeback of Ajay Devgn to do something substantial. After watching, it felt like it ticked all the boxes for me.

Plot: Amay Patnaik, an IRS officer decides to raid the home of Rameshwar Singh, an MP in one of the longest raids in the history of India.

Story and direction: This film is written by Ritesh Shah who has written some good films in the recent times. The script is the strongest thing in this entire film. Being 128 minutes long the film never feels dragged and unnecessary. Some of the dialogues of this film are very good. The comedy in the film too is very subtle and doesn't go overboard. The story gives a chance for the lead characters to shine and that is the strongest point of the screenplay. Kudos to Rajkumar Gupta and team, for making this film see the light of the day. The feel of the 1980's is there in every shot and the editing is very crisp. But I did feel that some scenes felt unreal. Also some characters felt very under-utilized and felt that could have been explored more.

Performanes: Ajay Devgn is the star performer of the film. He is in a great spot and proves that good scripts will just enhance his performance. Illeana D'Cruz although doesn't have much of a role but does provide good support to Devgn's character. Saurabh Shukla proved to be a very competitive villain to Devgn's character. He was just perfect. Amit Sial gave a good performance too. Here I would like to specially mention Pushpa Joshi. Given the fact of her age and being a non-actor she does a very fine job.

Music: The songs are by Amit Trivedi and Tanishk Bagchi. Being a T-Series production, Itb was usual that there would be reused songs. Although the songs were good, they did have no impact on forwarding the film (Tanishk's songs). The other 2 songs were good and had a good impact especially 'Jhuk Na Paunga' that is played during the end credits. The BGM by Amit Trivedi was awesome.

Favorite Scene: It would be the one where Amay enters Tauji's home and says that he has come to perform a search and seizure operation in his house. The acting and the dialogues in that scene is what made this scene very unique.

Verdict: It was good to see Ajay Devgn do a quality film after many years. This film is very entertaining. Although not perfect, but I did have a good time watching this film.

I am going with an 8/10.