Raees

Action Crime Drama Romance Thriller

U/A

India

Hindi

January 25, 2017

2hr 23min

Status: released

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Raees Movie Details:

Country	India
Language	Hindi
Genre	Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Release date	25 January 2017
Running time	2hr 23min
Certificate	U/A
Starring	Shah Rukh Khan Nawazuddin Siddiqui Mahira Khan
Directed by	Rahul Dholakia
Written by	Rahul Dholakia Harit Mehta Ashish Vashi Niraj Shukla
Produced by	Ritesh Sidhwani Farhan Akhtar Gauri Khan
Cinematography by	K. U. Mohanan
Edited by	Deepa Bhatia
Music by	Additional Songs: JAM8 OmGrown Kalyanji–Anandji Songs & Score: Ram Sampath
Production Company	Red Chillies Entertainment Excel Entertainment
Distributor	AA Films Zee Studios International

Raees Movie Cast & Characters:

Shah Rukh Khan as Raees Alam, gangster-turned-MLA, the anti-hero protagonist
- Shubham Chintamani as young Raees
Nawazuddin Siddiqui as ACP Jaideep Ambalal Majmudar IPS
Mahira Khan as Aasiya Qazi, Raees’s wife
Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub as Sadiq Khan, raees’s friend
- Shubham Tukaram as young Sadiq
Sheeba Chaddha as Amina Hussain, Raees’s mother
Atul Kulkarni as Jairaj Seth
Narendra Jha as Musa Bhai
Jaideep Ahlawat as Nawab, Musabhai’s assistant
Uday Tikekar as Pasha Bhai, leader of the Opposition
Nalneesh Neel as Lalji
Pramod Pathak as Chief Minister of Gujarat
Utkarsh Mazumdar as Dr. Sanjanwala, eye specialist
Bimal Trivedi as Narol Chowkdi truck driver
Sunil Upadhyay as Taufiq
Fareed Arif as Eijaz
Raj Arjun as Ilyas
Sanjay Gurbaxani as Commissioner
Pranay Narayan as Ramnikbhai, Jairaj’s assistant
Sunny Leone as an item girl in the song Laila Main Laila

Storyline:

The film is set in the early 80’s and 90’s in Gujarat. The fictitious story of a man who builds an empire in the state of Gujarat, the only state that still follows prohibition. It’s a story about his rise and his relationships, which help him become the single most powerful man in the state.—RedChillies

Raees Movie Box Office Collection & Budget:

Budget	₹95 crore
Worldwide Collection	₹303 crore

About Raees Movie:

Raees is said to be based on the criminal Abdul Latif’s life, however, the filmmakers have denied this.

The shooting of the film began in April 2015. The film has been shot in Mumbai, and sets were re-designed to depict Ahmedabad slums. The last schedule of the film was shot in Gujarat in January 2016.

Despite protests, the film was shot in Bhuj without disruptions between January and February 2016. There was a clearance issue by the Archaeological Survey of India for shooting at Ahmedabad at the medieval mosque and tomb complex, Sarkhej Roza.

Raees was released on 25 January 2017 during India’s Republic Day weekend. It received overall positive reviews from the critics, who appreciated the performances of Khan and Siddiqui, production design, cinematography and visual effects, and was a huge success at the box office, becoming the 6th highest-grossing Hindi film of 2017 Raees was also the most pirated Hindi film of 2017 but it started trending in 2023 in Netflix after 6 years of release. The film’s soundtrack has also received over 160 crore (1.6 billion) streams on YouTube.

The film received five nominations at the 63rd Filmfare Awards, including Best Actor for Khan.

It became the 47th highest-grossing Indian film of all time.

Raees Movie Tracklist:

Raees is a Hindi action film directed by Rahul Dholakia and produced by Red Chillies Entertainment and Excel Entertainment. It stars Shah Rukh Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Mahira Khan.

The film’s background score is composed by Ram Sampath and songs are composed by Ram Sampath, JAM8, OmGrown, and Kalyanji–Anandji. The song “Laila Main Laila” from the 1980 film Qurbani was written by Indeevar, originally composed by Kalyanji–Anandji, and sung by Kanchan and Amit Kumar.