Ajay Devgn to turn income tax officer for RAID

Aug 14, 2017 Abhishree Kulkarni

Ajay Devgn is on a roll. After recently announcing that he would play the Maratha warrior Tanaji Malusare, in the biopic ‘Tanaji,’ the actor has made another announcement that is sure to excite his fans - Ajay shall soon be seen playing a no-nonsense Income Tax Officer in ‘RAID.’

Set in 80s, in Uttar Pradesh, the film will be directed by Rajkumar Gupta, who had previously directed ‘No One Killed Jessica’ and is written by Ritesh Shah who has been a co-writer on films like – ‘Pink’ and ‘Airlift.’ The film will be produced by Bhushan Kumar, Abhishek Pathak and Kumar Mangat.

‘RAID’ is based on real life events involving one of the most high-profile income tax raids the country has ever known.

Talking about the film, director Raj Kumar Gupta said, “‘RAID’ is a story that needs to be told on the big screen. I am looking forward to my collaboration with Ajay sir, Bhushanji, Kumarji and Abhishek on this film.”

Producer Bhushan Kumar said, “Ajay Devgn is a great actor. We have produced ‘Baadshaho’ and are now happy to be also producing ‘RAID’. ‘RAID’ is a content driven film and we are excited to produce it.”

Abhishek Pathak added, “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.”

Casting for Devgn’s opponent and other important characters is underway and the film will go on the floors this September. ‘RAID’ is scheduled to release April 20th, 2018.

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