India Synopsis
रईस
Set in the early ’80s and ’90s in Gujarat, India, ‘Raees’ is a fictitious story of a crime lord named Raees, who builds an entire empire from scratch, and a police officer who is determined to bring him down.
Audience Engagement
193 audience reviews — more than 96% of India films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 93th percentile among India films.
Other Titles From Red Chillies Entertainment
Thriller + Action in India
229 India titles in our catalog blend the Thriller and Action genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Raees itself).
The 2016–2018 India Window
Raees holds position #148 of 323 India films in the 2016–2018 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s India Landscape
2017 was the decade’s peak output year for India — 124 titles released, including Raees. Bars below show how the 2010s stacked up year by year (919 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 123 other India films in 2017.
The 1333rd India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).
Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #781 of 1,983 India films indexed here (61st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.3 points above the India average of 6.4/10.
Among India Thriller productions specifically: #183 of 482 (top 38%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | India |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Hindi |
| Production Companies | Red Chillies Entertainment, Excel Entertainment |
| Runtime | 2h 23m |
| Release Date | January 25, 2017 |
| IMDb | tt3405236 |
| Official Site | www.redchillies.com |