Raees (2017 movie)
2017 film directed by Rahul Dholakia
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Raees (transl. Rich) is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language action film[7] directed by Rahul Dholakia and produced by Gauri Khan, Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar under their banners Red Chillies Entertainment and Excel Entertainment.[8] It stars Shah Rukh Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Mahira Khan.[9][10][11]
| Raees | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Rahul Dholakia |
| Written by | Rahul Dholakia Harit Mehta Ashish Vashi Niraj Shukla |
| Produced by | Ritesh Sidhwani Farhan Akhtar Gauri Khan |
| Starring | Shah Rukh Khan Nawazuddin Siddiqui Mahira Khan |
| Cinematography | K.U. Mohanan |
| Edited by | Deepa Bhatia |
| Music by | Songs: Ram Sampath JAM8 OmGrown Kalyanji–Anandji Score: Ram Sampath |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | AA Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 143 minutes[2][3] |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹90 crore[4] |
| Box office | ₹281–308 crore[5][6] |
The film was released on 25 January 2017 during India's Republic Day weekend.[1] It received overall positive reviews from the critics and was a success at box office.[12] It was also the highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2017. Raees was also the most popular Hindi film of 2017. The film's soundtrack was also popular with over 1.5 billion streams on YouTube. The film received five nominations at the 63rd Filmfare Awards, including Best Actor for Khan.
Cast
change- Shah Rukh Khan as gangster-turned-MLA Raees Alam[13]
- Shubham More as young Raees
- Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Inspector Jaideep Ambalal Majmudar
- Mahira Khan as Aasiya Raees Alam, Raees's wife
- Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub as Sadiq, Raees's friend and confidante[14]
- Shubham Tukaram as young Sadiq
- Sheeba Chaddha as Amina Alam, Raees's mother[15]
- Atul Kulkarni as Jairaj Seth[16]
- Narendra Jha as Musa
- Jaideep Ahlawat as Nawab, Musabhai's assistant
- Uday Tikekar as opposition leader Pasha Bhai
- Nalneesh Neel as Lalji
- Pramod Pathak as Chief Minister of Gujarat
- Utkarsh Mazumdar as Dr. Sanjanwala, Eye Specialist
- Kundan Roy as Kalupor
- Ashutosh Jha as Rasul
- Bimal Trivedi
- Sunil Upadhyay as Taufiq
- Fareed Arif as Eijaz
- Loveleen Mishra as Ratna madam, School teacher
- Anil Mange as Qasim
- Anurag Arora as Damla
- Sanjay Gurbaxani as Commissioner
- Raj Arjun as Ilyas
- Bhagwan Tiwari as Inspector Devji
- Shahnawaz Pradhan
- Sunny Leone, as Item girl in Laila Main Laila song
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Raees release date". Daily News and Analysis. 7 December 2016.
- ↑ "SRK's 142-minute-long 'Raees' awaiting censor certification". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
- ↑ "UA and 6 cuts: Certification report of Shah Rukh Khan's 'Raees' out!". Daily News and Analysis. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
- ↑ "Understanding the economics of Raees, 130 crores profit and Shah Rukh Khan's remuneratio". Bollywood Hungama. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- ↑ "Raees Box Office". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- ↑ "Shah Rukh Khan film crosses Rs 150 mark in India". The Indian Express. 9 February 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- ↑ "Raees (2017)". Irish Film Classification Office.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Shoot of Shah Rukh starrer 'Raees' begins!". Daily News and Analysis. 16 April 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ↑ "SRK shooting special song with Sunny Leone for 'Raees'". The Times of India. 25 March 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
- ↑ Iyer, Meena (25 March 2014). "Nawazuddin to put on 20 kilos for Raees with Shah Rukh". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
- ↑ "For Mahira Khan, a Pre-Bin Roye Photoshoot Before Leaving Pakistan For Mumbai". NDTV. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ↑ "Raees – Movie – Box Office India". www.boxofficeindia.com.
- ↑ "'Raees' new promo: Sorry Shah Rukh Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui steals the show in this one!". Daily News and Analysis. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
- ↑ "Grew up admiring Shah Rukh Khan: Zeeshan Ayyub". The Indian Express. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
- ↑ "EXCLUSIVE: Here's who is playing Shah Rukh Khan's 'Ammi' in Raees?". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
- ↑ "RAEES – review". The Telegraph. Pratim D. Gupta. Retrieved 28 January 2017.