Ajay Devgn will soon be seen playing a no-nonsense income tax officer in ‘Raid’. Set in Uttar Pradesh in the 80’s, the film is based on real life events involving one of the most high profile income tax raids the country has ever known. Written by Ritesh Shah whose writing credits include ‘Pink’ and ‘Airlift’, ‘Raid’ will be directed by Raj Kumar Gupta who previously directed ‘No One Killed Jessica’. Casting for Devgn’s opponent and other important characters is underway. Talking about the film, director Raj Kumar Gupta said, “‘Raid’ is a story that needs to be told on the big screen. I am looking forward to my collaboration with Ajay sir, Bhushanji, Kumarji and Abhishek on this film.”
Producer Bhushan Kumar said, “Ajay Devgn is a great actor. We have produced ‘Baadshaho’ and are now happy to be also producing ‘Raid’. It is a content driven film and we are excited to produce it.” Abhishek Pathak added, “As producers, we are always on the lookout for exciting material and it all starts there and with ‘Raid’ it is a continuation of our thought-process of backing films with content like ‘Special 26’ and ‘Drishyam’ which we produced and ‘Rustom’ which we acquired for all India distribution. We are looking forward to our association with Raj Kumar Gupta on this film.’
A Gulshan Kumar presentation of a TSeries and Panorama Studios production, ‘Raid’ will be produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Kumar Mangat Pathak and Abhishek Pathak. Shooting begins in September 2017 and the film will release April 20th, 2018.
