Everything You Need To Know About The Real ‘Raid’ Which Inspired Ajay Devgn’s Movie

Ajay Devgn’s upcoming movie, Raid is inspired by a real life incident but not much is known about the raid on which it is based so here are some details about it.

The Raj Kumar Gupta-directed film is a fictional representation of an actual raid conducted by IT Commissioner Sharda Prashad Pandey. Pandey had raided the house of businessman, Sardar Inder Singh in 1981 and recovered assets worth Rs 1.6 crore in cash and gold.

A source revealed, “It is an unsaid code amongst IT officers that they never spill the details of the searches they’ve conducted.”

Commenting on the valour of this ‘enigmatic man’, director Raj Kumar Gupta said, “Everyone wants their story to be real. He was clear that we should not fictionalize it so much that the reality gets buried beneath.”

He further added, “Anybody who is parting with an episode of his life would want to see it being told in a responsible way. My body of work helped me win his trust”. While working on the fictional re-presentation, the makers of the film have adopted responsible film-making and were extremely careful about never mentioning the names.”

Gupta was intrigued by the entire occurrence of 1981, when he learnt that the IT Raid went on for 18 hours with 45 people present only to count the currency notes. He said, “The Press wasn’t as widespread back then, so the information in the public was limited. Officers never told their family members where they were going. A lot of heroic stories have got lost from those times. I hope to highlight them.”

Raid stars Ileana D’Cruz and Saurabh Shukla alongside Ajay and is slated to release on March 16.