Raid Movie (2018) – Watch Online, Release Date, Cast, Story, Budget, Collection, Trailer, Poster, Review

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Raid Movie Details:

Country	India
Language	Hindi
Genre	Crime, Thriller
Release date	March 16, 2018
Running time	2hr 8min
Certificate	U/A
Starring	Ajay Devgn, Ileana D’Cruz, Saurabh Shukla, Saanand Verma
Directed by	Raj Kumar Gupta
Written by	Ritesh Shah
Produced by	Abhishek Pathak Kumar Mangat Pathak Bhushan Kumar Gaurav Nanda Krishan Kumar Dua
Cinematography by	Alphonse Roy
Edited by	Bodhaditya Banerjee
Music by	Songs & Score: Amit Trivedi Guest Composition: Tanishk Bagchi
Casting by	Anmol Ahuja, Abhishek Banerjee, Amit Pandey, Hitesh Tejwani
Production Design by	Rita Ghosh
Art Direction by	Rajesh Choudhary, Sukracharyya Ghosh, Madhumita Sen
Costume Design by	Sarveena Ningadalli, Ameira Punvani
Production Company	Panorama Studios T-Series
Distributor	Viacom 18 Motion Pictures (India) Eros International (International)

Raid Cast & Characters:

Ajay Devgn as Amay Patnaik, IRS Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax, Malini’s husband
Saurabh Shukla as Rameshwar Singh a.k.a. “Ramji” or “Tauji”
Ileana D’Cruz as Malini Patnaik, Amay’s wife
Amit Sial as Lallan Sudheer, Amay’s colleague
Devas Dixit as Shashi Singh, Tara’s husband
Gayathri Iyer as Mukta Yadav, Amay’s colleague
Sheeba Chaddha as Prabha Devi, Rakesh’s wife
Saanand Verma as Suraj Singh
Sulagna Panigrahi as Tara Singh, Shashi’s wife and Amay’s informer in Rameshwar’s house
Geeta Agarwal as Reema
Vikram Kochhar as ACP Shamsher
Amit Bimrot as Satish Mishra, Income Tax Inspector and Amay’s colleague
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 Indira Gandhi
Anil Rastogi as Finance Minister Raman Kumar
R.C. Pathak as Chief Minister
Ajay Singh as IT officer

Raid Storyline:

Raid is based on one of the most high-profile raids the country has ever known and is the world`s first film on income tax raids. Set in the 80s, a fearless IT officer carries out a non-stop raid at the mansion of the most powerful man in Lucknow despite all the attempts by the latter to get the officer removed. Will he manage to stop the raid or will the officer bring him down?

About Raid Movie:

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

Ileana D’Cruz’s role in Raid marked her second consecutive collaboration with Ajay Devgn after Baadshaho (2017).

In August 2017, Raj Kumar Gupta made an official announcement about Ajay Devgn and Ileana D’Cruz being a part of his next film titled Raid. More than 40 theater actors from Lucknow were selected to play various characters in the film.

The principal photography of Raid took place in Lucknow and Raebareli and commenced in September 2017.

The Telugu remake of the film yet to be released starring Ravi Teja and directed by Harish Shankar, titled as Mr. Bachchan (2024).

About Raid Movie Sequal:

In April 2020, Raid 2 was announced. Principal photography began in January 2024. Raid 2 was released theatrically on 1 May 2025, starring Ajay Devgn, Riteish Deshmukh, Saurabh Shukla, and Vaani Kapoor.

Raid 2 was released alongside Retro, Tourist Family, and HIT: The Third Case collected ₹19.71 crore worldwide on its opening day.