Raid 2 (2025 film)

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Raid 2
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Directed by Raj Kumar Gupta
Written by Ritesh Shah
Raj Kumar Gupta
Karan Vyas
Jaideep Yadav
Produced by Abhishek Pathak
Kumar Mangat Pathak
Bhushan Kumar
Gaurav Nanda
Krishan Kumar
Pragya Singh
Starring Ajay Devgn
Riteish Deshmukh
Vaani Kapoor
CinematographySudhir K. Chaudhary
Edited bySandeep Francis
Production
companies
Distributed by Panorama Studios
Yash Raj Films
Release date
  • 1 May 2025 (2025-05-01)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Raid 2 is an upcoming Indian Hindi-language crime thriller film directed by Raj Kumar Gupta. It stars Ajay Devgn, Riteish Deshmukh and Vaani Kapoor. [1] [2] A sequel to Raid (2018), Raid 2 follows the return of IRS officer Amay Patnaik who tracks another white-collar crime.

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Like the previous film, the sequel is also based on the income-tax raid conducted by the officers of Income Tax Department who work with intelligence agencies to track white-collar crimes. The film was announced in April 2020, with the pre-production commencing in August 2022. [3] Filming was held in Mumbai, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Delhi in the first half of 2024.

Raid 2 is scheduled to release on 1 May 2025.

Plot

The new film focuses on IRS officer Amay Pathak who tracks another white-collar crime. [4]

Cast

Production

Casting

Ajay Devgn reprises his role as Amay Pathak from the prequel. In January 2024, Ritesh Deshmukh was cast as the villain, [5] [6] [7] while Vaani Kapoor was cast alongside Devgn, replacing Ileana D'Cruz. [8]

Filming

Principal photography began on 6 January 2024 and took place in Mumbai, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. [9] The mahurat shot of the film was given by Telugu star Ravi Teja, who headlined the 2024 Telugu remake of Raid . [10] Primary filming wrapped up in April 2024, and patchwork was done by late-May 2024, bringing the film to post-production. [11] [12]

Release

Raid 2 was originally slated for a theatrical release on 15 November 2024 and then 21 February 2025, but got deferred. [13] [14] It is now scheduled to release on 1 May 2025, International Labour Day and Maharashtra Day. [15]

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