A tale of a fearless tax collector
View(s):Newest Bollywood crime thriller ‘Raid’, a film by Ajay Devgan is now being screened at cinemas in Colombo and suburbs.
Written by Ritesh Shah and directed by Raj Kumar Gupta, the film stars Ajay Devgn, Ileana D’Cruz, Saanand Verma and Saurabh Shukla in the stellar cast.
Based on real events, Raid revolves around Amay Patnaik, a fearless Income Tax officer who carries out a non-stop raid at the mansion of Tauji, the most powerful man in Lucknow.
Amay (Ajay Devgn), an upright and no-nonsense Income Tax officer has already been transferred 49 times in the past seven years owing to his idealistic and courageous disposition to uncover tax frauds, hitting hard the pockets of many a big shot. When Patnaik is assigned the case of Tauji, a highly influential and feared man in Uttar Pradesh, little does he know that his unerring determination to bring Tauji to justice would culminate in the longest and most challenging raid of his career as also the history of the Income Tax Department of India. Would Amay succeed in the face of an increasingly stubborn and belligerent Tauji forms the crux of the story.
‘Raid’ is now being screened at MC-Colombo, Savoy Premier and City Cinema – Mt. Lavinia.
