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Box Office Collection: Ajay Devgn's Raid stays STRONG on its first Monday
Raid stars Ajay Devgn, Ileana D'Cruz and Saurabh Shukla. The film is based on a true story from Lucknow. Raid is the second highest opener after Padmaavat. The film is all set to enter the 50-crore club.
Ajay Devgn’s Raid hit the screens on Friday (March 16) and the film sees him in the role of an Income Tax officer. The film also stars Ileana D'Cruz and Saurabh Shukla. The film is based on a true story from Lucknow. Raid is the second highest opener after Padmaavat. The film is all set to enter the 50-crore club and on Monday, it minted Rs 6 crore taking the total to 47 crore.
Talking about his role, Ajay Devgn said, "The character is very heroic but the struggle was that it is a real character. So we had to make a conscious effort to keep it real. Even if he has to say a punch line it should look like it is said by a real person. We have done our best to portray the character as realistically as possible, but now time will tell if the audience will like it."
When asked if he met any people from the department for research for the film, Ajay said, "We didn’t have to, Ritesh (writer) and Rajkumar Gupta understood a lot from him. To speak, the film is based on a real person so while shooting we knew when and how they felt at a certain point of time, so it was easy to follow those instructions."
"I don’t know if the film is trying to give a message but what film talks about is true. You should be fair on tax. If you earn something then you have to pay taxes. At times the fault is on both sides, from the taxation department and the taxpayer, so I feel they should be just on both sides," said Ajay.
While Ileana spoke about her character to a leading daily saying, "Even though the film is about the raid with Ajay (Devgn) as an income tax officer, I do have a pivotal role. I admit, in terms of footage, it’s not large, but it’s an interesting part of the film. My character is not a demure biwi from the ’80s. She is sensible, speaks her mind and is quite the force behind him. The equation between them comes out in the songs and in the emotional scenes where you realise she is worried for him yet tries to put up a brave front."
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