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Raees
File:Raees Poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRahul Dholakia
Written byRahul Dholakia
Harit Mehta
Ashish Vashi
Niraj Shukla
Produced byRitesh Sidhwani
Farhan Akhtar
Gauri Khan
StarringShah Rukh Khan
Mahira Khan
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
CinematographyK.U. Mohanan
Edited byDeepa Bhatia
Music byRam Sampath
Production
companies
Distributed byRed Chillies Entertainment
Release date
  • 25 January 2017 (2017-01-25)[1]
Running time
142 minutes[2][3]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Box officeest.₹ 69.35 crore[4]

Raees is a 2017 Indian action crime thriller film directed by Rahul Dholakia and produced by Gauri Khan, Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar under their banners Red Chillies Entertainment and Excel Entertainment.[5] It stars Shah Rukh Khan, Mahira Khan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui.[6][7][8]

Raees was said to be based on criminal Abdul Latif's life,[9][10][11] though the filmmakers deny this, saying "The story of the film is a pure work of fiction, not based on any person; living or dead."[12][13] The film released on 25 January 2017.[1]

Cast

Production

Filming and development

Shooting of the film began in April 2015.[5] The film has been shot in Mumbai,[19] and sets were re-designed to depict Ahmedabad slums.[20] The last schedule of the film was shot in Gujarat in January 2016.[21] Despite protests, the film was shot in Bhuj without disruptions between January and February 2016.[22][23][24]

Release

The film was scheduled to be released on Eid, 6 July 2016,[25] but was postponed to avoid box office competition with Salman Khan's Sultan.[26] The film was then rescheduled to be released on 26 January 2017, India's Republic Day, which conflicted with the Hrithik Roshan film Kaabil, but then both films were moved to 25 January 2017.[1][27]

Critical reception

Sneha May Francis and Mahwash Ajaz of DAWN Images respectively commented, "This isn't a fine film. It's vintage Bollywood fluff, which SRK will manage to turn into box-office gold." and, "Raees is the story of neither a hero nor a villain – it is the story of a man who lived in a corrupted system with corrupted morals."[28]

Controversy

There was a clearance issue by Archaeological Survey of India for shooting at Ahmedabad at the ancient mosque and tomb complex, Sarkhej Roza.[29][30] In March 2016, a legal notice was sent by an alleged gangster, Abdul Latif's son, Mustak, asking how or why a film on his father's life is being made.[31]

A few days after the 2016 Uri terror attack, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) asked for ban on films featuring Pakistani actors on the basis that the actors were not openly condemning terrorism.[32] Raees was on their list, because cast member Mahira Khan is Pakistani.[33][34] MNS put forward a condition to lift up the ban, that producers shall never cast Pakistani artistes in future and they have to give ₹5 crore as penance to the Indian Army welfare fund, but Indian Army refused to accept it by saying sacrifices should not be politicised.[35][36] Later, ban was lifted without the conditions on Raees as demanded by MNS.[37]

Farhan Akhtar, co-producer of the film said Raees will never pay, and was threatened by MNS.[38][39] The Chief Minister of Maharashtra and member of the BJP and the RSS, Devendra Fadnavis said at the meeting with MNS and the producers ₹5 crore as contribution to the Indian Army welfare fund was not quoted compulsory and was never a condition for lifting ban on films featuring Pakistani actors demanded by MNS, and earlier at an event praised Shah Rukh Khan as an "icon" and a "proud Mumbaikar".[40]

Ankita Shorey was the first choice for the female lead of the film, but Mahira Khan got the role, Shorey confirmed that the consideration was not due to the nationality.[41] Shorey later stated that she did not speak about replacement, and did not spell part of the project phrase in her last interview regarding Raees, the actual phrase was "strongly considered for the project", the journalist who took her interview apologised for it.[42] Farhan Akhtar clearly stated that Mahira Khan is in the film like before and nothing has been changed for her part, and the film is ready to release, he further said that if they started the whole film shooting after the terror attack then they would never have signed her depending on the present situation, and concluded by saying showing solidarity to Indian Army is up to them, and only Indian government has the authority to brief them regarding dealing with their conscience, and not by any outsiders.[43]

After the controversy of the film by coinciding the release with Kaabil, the film dives into another controversy. A day after the release of the trailer of the film, members of the city's Shia community protested the use of religious symbols in the film. They lodge a police report. The letter to the police has requested Khan to withdraw all such scenes, and intimated them about a possible peaceful protest in case the request is not met. When contacted, Shilpa Handa from the film's PR agency Spice said that they were still trying to understand the nature of the complaints.[44]

On 11 December 2016, Shah Rukh Khan met MNS supreme Raj Thackeray to assure him that Mahira Khan won't be coming to India to promote the film.[45] On 11 January 2017, it was reported that Shiv Sena again demanded for ban on the movie. They have threatened the cinemas' owners in Chhattisgarh not to screen the film.[46]

Three days before the release of the film, Kailash Vijayvargiya, National General Secretary of BJP, termed Raees as "dishonest" and "anti-national" film, while termed Kaabil as "Patriotic" film, and said earlier in 2015 that Shah Rukh Khan is a defector and he also didn't react to 1993 Bombay bombings and 2008 Mumbai attacks.[47]

Soundtrack

Untitled

The soundtrack was released by Zee Music Company.[48] The songs released on the original soundtrack are listed below.[49][50]

Track listing

The song "Laila Main Laila" from the 1980 film Qurbani was written by Indeevar, and was originally composed by Kalyanji–Anandji, and it was sung by Kanchan, Amit Kumar, Chorus, has been recreated for the film Raees by composer Ram Sampath.[51] Additional lyrics are written by Javed Akhtar.[52]

Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Laila Main Laila"Indeevar,
Javed Akhtar		Kalyanji–Anandji,
Ram Sampath		Pavni Pandey5:06
2."Zaalima"Amitabh BhattacharyaJAM8[53]Arijit Singh,
Harshdeep Kaur		4:59
3."Udi Udi Jaye"Javed AkhtarRam Sampath[54]Sukhwinder Singh,
Bhoomi Trivedi,
Karsan Das Sagathia		4:20
4."Dhingana"Mayur PuriAheer (JAM8),
OmGrown[55]		Mika Singh2:46
5."Enu Naam Che Raees"Ram Sampath,
Hiral Brahmbhatt		Ram SampathRam Sampath,
Tarannum Malik		3:00
6."Saanson Ke"Manoj YadavAheer (JAM8)KK4:02
7."Ghammar Ghammar"TraditionalRam SampathRoshan Rathod2:39
Total length:26:52

Marketing

Raees was promoted on various shows which includes The Kapil Sharma Show[56] and Bigg Boss 10,[57] and was also promoted in Dubai.[58] Shah Rukh Khan and Sunny Leone even took a special train ride on August Kranti Rajdhani Express from Mumbai to Delhi on 23–24 January 2017 for promotions,[59] but Farid Khan Sherani, fan of Shah Rukh Khan, also a member of Samajwadi Party died in hospital due to stampede on Vadodara railway platform when the train was leaving the station after a long halt for the promotion infront of huge crowd, many were injured too.[60] Shah Rukh Khan later condoled for his fan's death.[61]

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