Raees
रईस
2017IndiaLanguage: hiDirected by Rahul Dholakia★ 6.6
Available in English: subtitled
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.
Themes and style
Tone
brutaltensedark comedymelancholic
Pacing
escalatingepisodicslow build to explosion
Story
pursuitsurvivalunravelingrebellion
Emotion
loyalty under pressureredemptionfiguring out who you arebelongingsacrifice
Themes
class and moneypovertycorrupt institutionsreligion and faithlife under oppression
Feel
catharticcrowd pleaserdiscussion startergut punch
Violence
moderate