Raid 2 movie is releasing in cinema on 1st May, 2025. It is a sequel movie of Raid. The movie will showcase IRS officer Amay Patnaik played by Ajay Devgn returns with another raid on a white collar criminal politician Dada Manohar Bhai played by Riteish Deshmukh.
The actresses in Raid 2
Vaani Kapoor will play the role of Amay Patnaik’s wife this time. There will be two dance songs by Tamannaah Bhatia and Jacqueline Fernandez respectively.
Advance Booking
The advance booking has started and going pretty well. You could book your tickets below.
What was Special About the first part of Raid?
Director: Raj Kumar Gupta
Cast: Ajay Devgn, Ileana D’Cruz, Saurabh Shukla
The first Raid movie was on real incident however Raid 2 will be a fictional story. The first movie was inspired by a real raid that lasted over 3 days and involved around 200 officers. Ajay Devgn’s intense portrayal of the honest and brave income tax officer was liked by viewers and critics. Saurabh Shukla’s Villain character also improved the story. The story was engaging.
Box Office Performance:
- Raid was a commercial hit.
- Budget: Approx ₹42 crore
- Box Office Collection: Over ₹150 crore worldwide
It was well received both critically and commercially for its storytelling and powerful performances.
Raid movie is available on OTT on Hotstar and Youtube. The movie was remade in South those are available on Amazon Prime.
Do you know about these other movies related to white collar scams and income tax raids?
Lucky Bhasker
Director: Venky Atluri
Cast: Dulquer Salmaan, Meenakshi Chaudhary, Tinnu Anand, Sachin Khedekar
Exciting Facts
In 2024, Lucky Bhasker movie was released on netflix. It was about an income tax raid on a bank employe who had 100 Corores in his account and the story of how he got that movie and whether he could survive that income tax raid. The movie is available on Youtube and Netflix.
Gafla
Director: Sameer Hanchate
Cast: Vinod Sharawat, Shruti Ulfat, Purva Parag
Exciting Facts
There was one award winning but underrated movie which many people missed was movie Gafla. It also showcase the white collar scam on stock exchange and how income tax raid would track down the scammer. The movie is available on Youtube.
Special 26
Director: Neeraj Pandey
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Anupam Kher, Manoj Bajpayee, Jimmy Shergill, Kajal Aggarwal
Exciting Facts
Special 26 is a scam thriller inspired by real life incidents from the 1980s. It showcases a team of conmen, led by Ajay Singh (Akshay Kumar) and P.K. Sharma (Anupam Kher), who pose as CBI officers and conduct fake raids on corrupt businessmen and politicians, seizing their black money. The movie is available on Netflix.
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