Ajay Devgn has greenlit a sequel to Raid, which will be based on another IT raid in the country. While Raid was a sleeper hit — going on to collect over `100 crore — despite not being in the ‘entertainment’ genre, Devgn has liked the genre so much that he wants to do a second part.
“Ajay’s team is basically looking at yet another interesting income tax raid that had enough drama to be converted into a film. Raid was loosely based on the income tax raid on the then Congress MLA Sardar Inder Singh in 1981, undertaken by the IT commissioner Sharda Prasad Pandey. While the makers had changed the names to avoid any legalities, they are now looking at another such exciting raid to be put on film,” says a source. Sources also add that the actor has been given a narration of the script that needs to be completed. Once that is done, he will make an official announcement for the project.
It is yet to be seen whether the director of the first part — Rajkumar Gupta — will be directing the second part or not. Raid also starred Saurabh Shukla and Ileana D’Cruz.
