Raid Movie Details:
| Movie Name | Raid |
|---|---|
| Based on | Tagaru (2018) by Duniya Soori |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Genre | Action |
| Release Date | November 10, 2023 |
| Running Time | 2hr 5min |
| Certificate | U/A |
| Cast | Vikram Prabhu Sri Divya |
| Directed by | Karthi |
| Screenplay by | Muthaiya Karthi Based on Tagaru by Duniya Soori |
| Produced by | S. K. Kanishk G. Manikannan |
| Cinematography by | Kathiravan |
| Edited by | Manimaran |
| Music by | Sam C. S. |
| Production Companies | M Studios Open Screen Studios G Pictures |
Raid Movie Cast & Characters:
- Vikram Prabhu as Inspector Prabhakaran
- Sri Divya as Venba (Cameo)
- Ananthika Sanilkumar as Venmathi
- Velu Prabhakaran as Don Uncle alias Narayanasamy
- Selva as Prabhakaran’s father
- Rishi Rithvik as Daali
- Soundararaja as Chitti
- Daniel Annie Pope as Cockroach
- George Maryan as Police officer
- Hareesh Peradi
- Swaminathan
- Jeeva Ravi
Storyline:
Inspector Prabhakaran sets on a crusade to finish all gangsters in the city of Chennai, where he locks horns with Daali and Chitte, who are ruthless gangster controlling the city’s market with the influence of their boss Uncle. While on a police operation to encounter Uncle’s aid Baby, Prabhakaran captures Daali’s brother Cockroach and kils him in an encounter. Enraged, Daali, Chitte and his men shoots Prabhakaran during his morning jog, where Prabhakaran’s fiancèe Venba gets killed in a crossfire. Distraught about Venba’s death, Prabhakaran begins hunting down and killing Daali’s associates, including Chitte. Prabhakaran learns that Venba’s sister Venmathi is caught by the Goa Police during a raid, where he saves Venmathi. Learning that Prabhakaran is targeting him, Daali sends a hitman to finish Prabhakaran, but Prabhakaran manages to kill the hitmen and crashes into Daali’s birthday bash. Prabhakaran and Daali engage in a hand-to-hand combat, where Prabhakaran finally kills Daali, thus avenging Venba’s death. In the aftermath, Prabhakaran goes to solve another case.
About Raid Movie:
- The film is Karthi’s directorial debut.
- Following the success of Tagaru (2018), the copyrights of the Tamil remake version were sold to Tamil director M. Muthaiya who has signed to remake the movie with Vikram Prabhu.
- Sri Divya was signed on to play the leading roles, which marks Vikram Prabhu’s second collaboration with Sri Divya after Vellaikaara Durai (2014).
- It also marked the first film project for Sri Divya in four years after her last Tamil film Sangili Bungili Kadhava Thorae (2017).
- Raid was released on 10 November 2023 during Diwali weekend.
