Ajay Devgn in Raid (Image courtesy: taranadarsh)
Highlights
- Raid has got the second-highest opening weekend this year
- Raid also stars Ileana D'Cruz and Saurabh Shukla
- Raid stars Ajay Devgn as an honest income tax officer
and added over Rs 20 crore to its total collection, trade analyst Taran Adarsh reported.
Raid opened to positive reviews on Friday and the film's current total now stands at Rs 41.01 crore. Ajay Devgn's film has got the second-highest opening weekend this year after Deepika Padukone's "
Padmaavat," Mr Adarsh tweeted. "#Raid gets a THUMBS UP from audiences... Witnesses SOLID GROWTH on Saturday + Sunday... Strong word of mouth helps multiply numbers, after a mediocre start on Friday morning... Emerges SECOND HIGHEST WEEKEND of 2018... Friday 10.04 crore, Saturday 13.86 crore, Sunday 17.11 crore. Total: Rs 41.01 crore. India biz," he wrote.
Here's how much
Raid has earned at the box office.
Raid is based on real life income tax raids conducted in the Eighties. Ajay Devgn plays Amay Patnaik, an honest income tax official. The film is directed by Raj Kumar Gupta.
In his review for NDTV, film critic Saibal Chatterjee gave
Raid 3.5 stars out of 5. "Ajay Devgn's brooding presence, which shores up film, is reminiscent of the actor's
Najaayaz and
Zakhm days.
Raid delivers riveting fare without resorting to too many standard Bollywood tics," he wrote.
Ahead of the film's release, Ajay Devgn had screened
Raid for his wife Kajol, son Yug and other family members.
Both Kajol and Yug reviewed the film.
Here's their verdict.
Actress Ileana D'Cruz, with whom Ajay Devgn co-starred in
Baadshaho, plays his wife.
Saurabh Shukla stars as a corrupt politician in Raid.