Summary
Set in the early ’80s and ’90s in Gujarat, India, ‘Raees’ is a fictitious story of a crime lord named Raees, who builds an entire empire from scratch, and a police officer who is determined to bring him down.
Good for
- Friends night
- Teens
- Binge-friendly
Skip it if
- You want something quiet and calm
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics and audiences agree
Critics 62Audiences 65GoodWatch 64
Tomatometer62%
User score6.9
IMDb6.6
Letterboxd · 22 K ratings3.1/5
Audience score63%
Running time
2 h 23 min
Longer than 9 in 10 thrillers, +39 min on the typical 104
typical 104143Half of all thrillers run 94–118 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country, rent or buy in 49 more
Released
2017
January 25, 2017
9 years ago
Genres
ThrillerActionCrimeLanguage
Hindi
Original language
Made in
India
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceStrong
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesModerate
- Drug useNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBinge-FriendlyPure EscapismThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 8 more11 people
- Shah Rukh KhanRaees Alam
- Mahira KhanAasiya
- Nawazuddin SiddiquiIPS Jaideep Ambalal Majmudar
- Mohammed Zeeshan AyyubSadiq, Raees' friend and confidante
- Sheeba ChaddhaRaees' Mother
- Narendra JhaMusabhai
- Uday TikekarPasha Bhai
- Anil CharanjeettQasim
Sunny LeoneSpecial Appearance in "Laila Main Laila" Song
Jaideep AhlawatNawab
Atul KulkarniJairaj Seth
Directing · 1
- Rahul Dholakia Director, Story, Screenplay, Dialogue
Writing · 3
- Niraj Shukla Story
- Harit Mehta Story
- Ashish Vashi Story
Production · 5
- Farhan Akhtar Producer
- Gauri Khan Producer
- Ritesh Sidhwani Producer
- Honey Trehan Casting
- Gopal Dey Casting Associate
Camera · 5
- K.U. Mohanan Director of Photography
- Øystein Lundstrøm Camera Operator
- Deepak Menon Camera Operator
- Ruchit Rajguru Still Photographer
- Manoj Kumar Khatoi Second Unit Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Deepa Bhatia Editor
Sound · 5
- Ram Sampath Original Music Composer
- Dhiman Karmakar Sound Designer
- Baylon Fonseca Supervising Sound Editor
- Anuj Mathur Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Saumit Deshmukh Sound Effects Editor
Art · 2
- Donald Reagen Gracy Production Design
- Anita Rajgopalan Lata Production Design
Costume & Make-Up · 7
- Sheetal Sharma Costume Design
- Mallika Chauhan Wardrobe Supervisor
- Krystal George Makeup Artist
- Ruhee M. Bindra Makeup Artist
- Shabana Latif Makeup Artist
- Kavita Nangia Assistant Costume Designer
Visual Effects · 1
- Rahul Saxena Animation
Lighting · 1
- Prakash Shetty Gaffer
Other crew · 2
- Marius Jansen Panorama Norge Drone Operator
- Marius Jansen Drone Operator
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