Raid (2018 film)

Raid
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRaj Kumar Gupta
Written byRitesh Shah
Produced byAbhishek Pathak
Kumar Mangat Pathak
Bhushan Kumar
Gaurav Nanda
Krishan Kumar Dua
StarringAjay Devgn
Ileana D'Cruz
Saurabh Shukla
Saanand Verma
CinematographyAlphonse Roy
Edited byBodhaditya Banerjee
Music bySongs & Score:
Amit Trivedi
Guest Composition:
Tanishk Bagchi
Production
companies
Distributed byViacom 18 Motion Pictures (India)
Eros International (International)
Release date
  • 16 March 2018 (2018-03-16)
Running time
115 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹40 crore[1]
Box office₹153.62 crore[2]

Raid is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language crime drama film[3] directed by Raj Kumar Gupta. It stars Ajay Devgn, Saurabh Shukla and Ileana D'Cruz.[4] The film is based on the real life income-tax raid conducted by the officers of Income Tax Department on Sardar Inder Singh in the 1980s, which distinguished itself from others for being the longest raid in Indian history.[5][6]

Raid was released theatrically in India on 16 March 2018 to positive reviews from critics and a major commercial success.[7][8]

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