Raid 2

<p>Amay Patnaik, an honest and daring officer who has seized over 4200 crores in his raids, gets transferred for the 74th time to the fictional town of Bhoj in , where he tracks another white-collar criminal, Manohar Dhankar alias Dada Manohar Bhai, a corrupt politician on his 75th raid. Later as Amay Patnaik tries to find the black money hidden by Dada Manohar Bhai during his raid, he gets suspended in the process. Later, after his suspension gets revoked, he continues to pursue Dada Manohar Bhai with the help of his Income Tax team, and lawyer Devinder Gehlot, who files a against Dada Manohar Bhai to bring to light financial irregularities in his organization. This forces Dada Manohar Bhai to offer lawyer Gehlot INR 5 crore as . It turns out that lawyer Gehlot had filed the PIL after being prodded by Amay Patnaik. When Dada Manohar Bhai offers the bribe in cash, Gehlot presents that money as evidence in court, which prompts the court to issue an order to probe financial irregularities in Dada Manohar Bhai’s organization. Amay Patnaik then finds out that Dada Manohar Bhai had built a facade around him of a , actually he was a conniving who used to take advantage of vulnerable girls in return of giving them government jobs, going as far as using their names to buy in their names, as means to launder . Amay also found that Dada Manohar Bhai had opened several in the name of poor villagers who did not know anything about it to siphone off money to . After this Amay readies his team in Bhoj to raid Dada Manohar Bhai’s properties, which stunned them, its then Amay reveals his suspension was a ploy to keep Dada Manohar Bhai confused. The final staw is the raid on a newly built where huge amount of illegally acquired cash, property documents, made of solid gold painted to look like steel were recovered. All this is topped by the recovery of a huge of forehand made of solid gold from a pool at the entrance of Dada Manohar Bhai’s organization. As his carefully built facade starts to crumble, a pestered, Dada Manohar Bhai tries to attack Amay Patnaik but is stopped by his mother, who was made aware of the series of events, and the whole truth by Malini, Amay’s wife persuading her to help Amay. Dada Manohar Bhai realizes his mistake and surrenders. In the end, Rameshwar Singh alias “Tauji”, tries and offers to join hands with Dada Manohar Bhai, setting the stage for . reprises his role as Amay Patnaik from the . In January 2024, joined the cast. while was cast alongside Devgn, replacing . began on 6 January 2024 and took place in , , and . The of the film was given by Telugu star , who headlined the 2024 of . Primary filming wrapped up in April 2024, and patchwork was done by late-May 2024, bringing the film to . Director Gupta decided to add two special before the release of the film after the entire filming was completed in May 2024. The 1st item song with singer-musician Yo Yo Honey Singh and actor Jacqueline Fernandez was filmed in last week of March 2025, while the item song with Tamannaah Bhatia was shot in a Mumbai studio in 1st week of April 2025 over two days, and has been choreographed by Vijay Ganguly. The film’s soundtrack is composed by , , and while the is composed by . The first single titled “Nasha” was released on 11 April 2025. The second single titled “Kamle” was released on 16 April 2025. The song “Tumhe Dillagi” was recreation for the film by lyricist and composer . Their original were written by and and were composed by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. The fourth single titled “Money Money” was released on 22 April 2025. was originally slated for a theatrical release in February 2025 but later rescheduled to be release on 1 May 2025, to make use of long weekend of and . The film was released on 1 May 2025 after receiving a certificate of U/A 7+ rating. This was issued after a CBFC asked makers to do minor tweak with 8 seconds of dialogue. The film had received its certificate on 28 March 2025, an unusual move as most films get their certificate just 1 or 2 weeks before release. The film began streaming on from 26 June 2025. The film opened with in India and worldwide. The film grossed over including from international markets in its opening weekend. It concluded its theatrical run with worldwide gross estimated to be ₹243.06 crore. received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics. The performances of and were widely praised, although some critics felt the narrative pacing lagged in parts. On the website , 36% of 14 critics’ reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.4/10. of gave the film 3.5 stars out of 5, stating, “Ajay Devgn delivers a restrained yet powerful performance, and Riteish Deshmukh is terrific in a pivotal role.” appreciated the film’s political undertones, noting, “Raid 2 is more layered than its predecessor and maintains tension throughout.” gave it 2.5 stars, stating, “Despite strong performances, the sequel lacks the urgency and novelty of the original film.” described the film as “an engaging follow-up with commendable performances,” but added that “a tighter screenplay could have elevated the impact.” commented, “The film succeeds in rekindling the original’s intensity, even if the plot feels overly familiar at times.”</p>