Raid starring Ajay Devgn and Ileana D'Cruz, opened to a decent response at the domestic box office on its first day. The film earned Rs 10.24 crore. Now, the second-day box-office report for Raid is out and, the real-life based drama has shown wonderful growth. Trade analyst and film critic Taran Adarsh took to Twitter and said, “#Raid shows a WONDERFUL 38.04% GROWTH on Day 2... Strong word of mouth is resulting in enhanced footfalls and BO numbers... Biz on Sun should be SUPER-STRONG too... Fri 10.04 cr, Sat 13.86 cr. Total: ₹ 23.90 cr. India biz”.
Reviewing the Ajay Devgn starrer, Taran Adarsh wrote, “#Raid works for two major reasons: Watertight screenwriting + sharp performances [Ajay Devgn and Saurabh Shukla are brilliant] … The face-off between the two is the USP... Ileana is decent... Amongst the supporting cast, actor portraying Saurabh Shukla’s mother is tremendous”.
Directed by Rajkumar Gupta, the movie is set in the 19080’s and is based on real-life IT raids that were conducted by the IRS or Indian Revenue Service back in the 80s. As per reports, the film has been loosely based on the raids carried the then Income Tax Commissioner of Lucknow, Sharda Prasad Pandey.
The film registered a decent 30-40% opening in the early morning shows of its opening day on Friday. Considering the tremendous growth on its second day, experts have predicted that Raid is surely going to create magic at the box-office.
Meanwhile, Ajay Devgn will be seen promoting the film on Family Time With Kapil Sharma and this will be his second film with Ileana after Baadshaho.
