Raees is the upcoming Bollywood movie starring Shah Rukh Khan and Mahira Khan. Trailer of Raees released on December 7. Watch it here now!
Raees is the first SRK movie that will be released in the year 2017. It is based on the life of Abdul Latif. In Raees, Shah Rukh Khan portrays a bootlegger who builds his own empire and is eventually challenged by ACP Ghulam Patel.
Raees Trailer
Trailer – Raees
source: YT / Red Chillies Entertainment
Teaser Trailer – Raees
Raees Release Date
The film will release in Indian cinemas on 25 January 2017.
Date of release happens to be a Wednesday. However that may prove to be beneficial for the moviegoers as they can catch it on the Republic Day holiday as well as in the weekend that follows.
Raees Cast
Shah Rukh Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, and Mahira Khan play the key roles in Raees.
The movie has been written by Rahul Dholakia, Harit Mehta, Ashish Vashi, Niraj Shukla. It has been directed by Rahul Dholakia and produced by Ritesh Sidhwani, Farhan Akhtar, Gauri Khan. Red Chillies Entertainment will bring Shah Rukh Khan on the silver screen in and as Raees.
Shah Rukh Khan fans will get a treat in January with Raees. Moreover all of us who like this genre of movies, the largely mainstream Bollywood, will also be going to watch the movie in theaters.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui too has a proven track record of giving exemplary performances in strong characters such as in Raees. It will be a delight to watch him work with Shah Rukh Khan.
Actress Mahira Khan will make her first performance in Bollywood with Raees.
We see Raees Alam walking amidst a cloud of smoke and dust in the opening of the video. In the background he monologues about what his mother taught about business.
Raees is probably going to be a larger than life portrayal of the true events of one man’s life. The audience is in fact already in love with the character. This is one of the times when the protagonist is a character with a darker shade.