Ajay Devgn to play an income tax officer in his next titled ‘Raid’

Ajay Devgn is an incredible performer. Undoubtedly, he is one of those few artistes in Bollywood who perfectly balances between performing in hard-hitting cinema and high-octane action thrillers and comedies. As his fans and admirers are now looking forward to the release of his next film ‘Baadshaho’, here’s another good news for them. The actor has signed a new project titled ‘Raid’ where he will be seen playing a no-nonsense income tax officer. The film is directed by ‘Aamir’ and ‘No One Killed Jessica’ fame director Raj Kumar Gupta.

‘Raid’ is set in Uttar Pradesh and it is based on one of the most high-profile IT raids the country has ever witnessed. Talking about the film, the director has said to a leading daily, “‘Raid’ is a story that needs to be told on the big screen, and I’m looking forward to working with Ajay on a subject like this.” [sic] (Also Read: Ajay Devgn on CBFC: If you rationalise with them, everything can be understood)

The film is being produced by Bhushan Kumar and Kumar Mangat and has been scripted by Ritesh Shah of ‘PINK’ and ‘Airlift’ fame.

The film is expected to go on floors in the month of September and is scheduled to release on April 20, 2018.

Aren’t you excited for this?

Surprisingly, Ajay Devgn’s next release ‘Baadshaho’ is also a period story with a backdrop of Emergency that took place in the year 1975.

Talking about the film ‘Baadshaho’, it also stars Emraan Hashmi, Ileana D’Cruz, Esha Gupta and Vidyut Jammwal in the lead roles and is slated to hit the screens on September 1, 2017.

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