The film explores how Raees relationships and meteoric rise helped him build an entire empire from scratch, to make him the single most powerful man in the state. RAEES is the fictitious story of a man named Raees, set in early 1980’s to 1990’s Gujarat, India.
Cast- Shah Rukh Khan as Raees in main role. Mahira Khan as Aasiya.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Superintendent of Police Jaideep Ambalal Majmudar.
Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub as Raees’s friend.Atul Kulkarni.
Plot- The film has been shot in Mumbai, and sets were re-designed to depict Ahmedabad slums. The last schedule of the film was shot in Gujarat in January 2016. Despite protests, the film was shot in Bhuj.
Sound Track- The soundtrack was released by Zee Music Company. The songs released on the original soundtrack are listed below. Additional lyrics are written by Javed Akhtar.Track listing. The song’Laila Main Laila’ from the 1980 film Qurbani was written by Indeevar, and was originally composed by Kalyanji-Anandji, and it was sung by Kanchan, Amit Kumar, Chorus, has been recreated for the film Raees by composer Ram Sampath.
Cinematography- This film cinematography was given by K.U.Mohanan. He is a good cinematographer of the India and he also gives his cinematography in this Rahul Dholakia film "Raees".
This is a very exellent film by Saharukh Khan, who completed his 25 years in the film industry.