Plot
Indian Revenue Service Officer Amay Patnaik, an honest and daring officer who has seized over ₹4200 crores in his raids, gets transferred for the 74th time to the fictional town of Bhoj in Madhya Pradesh, where he tracks another white-collar criminal, Manohar Dhankar alias Dada Manohar Bhai, a corrupt politician on his 75th raid. Later as Amay Patnaik tries to find the black money hidden by Dada Manohar Bhai during his raid, he gets suspended in the process. Later, after his suspension gets revoked, he continues to pursue Dada Manohar Bhai with the help of his Income Tax team, and lawyer Devinder Gehlot, who files a PIL against Dada Manohar Bhai to bring to light financial irregularities in his organization. This forces Dada Manohar Bhai to offer lawyer Gehlot INR 5 crore as bribe. It turns out that lawyer Gehlot had filed the PIL after being prodded by Amay Patnaik. When Dada Manohar Bhai offers the bribe in cash, Gehlot presents that money as evidence in court, which prompts the court to issue an order to probe financial irregularities in Dada Manohar Bhai's organization.
Amay Patnaik then finds out that Dada Manohar Bhai had built a facade around him of a do gooder, actually he was a conniving criminal who used to take advantage of vulnerable girls in return of giving them government jobs, going as far as using their names to buy benami property in their names, as means to launder black money. Amay also found that Dada Manohar Bhai had opened several shell companies in the name of poor villagers who did not know anything about it to siphone off money to offshore accounts. After this Amay readies his team in Bhoj to raid Dada Manohar Bhai's properties, which stunned them. Its then that Amay reveals his suspension was a ploy to keep Dada Manohar Bhai confused. The final staw is the raid on a newly built 5-star hotel where huge amount of illegally acquired cash, property documents, faucets made of solid gold painted to look like steel were recovered. All this seizure is topped by the recovery of a huge statue of forehand made of solid gold from a pool at the entrance of Dada Manohar Bhai's organization. As his carefully built facade starts to crumble, a pestered, Dada Manohar Bhai tries to attack Amay Patnaik but is stopped by his mother, who was made aware of the series of events, and the whole truth by Malini, Amay's wife persuading her to help Amay. Dada Manohar Bhai realizes his mistake and surrenders. In the end, Rameshwar Singh alias "Tauji", tries and offers to join hands with Dada Manohar Bhai, setting the stage for Raid 3.
Reception
Box office
The film opened with ₹19.71 crore in India and ₹27 crore worldwide. [29] [30] The film grossed over ₹100 crore including ₹14 crore from international markets in its opening weekend. [31] [32] It concluded its theatrical run with worldwide gross estimated to be ₹243.06 crore. [33]
Critical response
Raid 2 received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics. The performances of Ajay Devgn and Riteish Deshmukh were widely praised, although some critics felt the narrative pacing lagged in parts. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 36% of 14 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.4/10. [34]
Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the film 3.5 stars out of 5, stating, "Ajay Devgn delivers a restrained yet powerful performance, and Riteish Deshmukh is terrific in a pivotal role." [35] Firstpost appreciated the film’s political undertones, noting, "Raid 2 is more layered than its predecessor and maintains tension throughout." [36] NDTV gave it 2.5 stars, stating, "Despite strong performances, the sequel lacks the urgency and novelty of the original film." [37] India Today described the film as "an engaging follow-up with commendable performances," but added that "a tighter screenplay could have elevated the impact." [38] The Quint commented, "The film succeeds in rekindling the original’s intensity, even if the plot feels overly familiar at times." [39]
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