Ajay Devgn To Star In Rajkumar Gupta’s RAID
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Monday, 14th August 2017, 06:00 PM IST Ajay Devgn will 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, who's writing credits also include ‘Pink’ and ‘Airlift;' ‘Raid will be directed by Rajkumar Gupta who previously directed ‘No One Killed Jessica’. Casting for Devgn's opponent and other important characters is still underway. Talking about the film, director Raj Kumar says, “It is a story that needs to be told on a big screen. I am looking forward to my collaboration with Ajay sir, Bhushan, and Abhishek on this film.” Producer Bhushan Kumar says, “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 says, “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 Chabbis’ 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.’ The shoot begins in September 2017 and the film will release April 20th, 2018. Now you can enjoy ad-free experience bydownloading India’s first Box Office mobile app from here –Android: http://bit.ly/BOCapsuleMobileApp and iOS: bit.ly/BOCapsuleiOSApp |