Raees (transl. Rich) is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language action crime film[7] directed by Rahul Dholakia and produced by Gauri Khan, Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar under their banners Red Chillies Entertainment and Excel Entertainment.[8] It stars Shah Rukh Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Mahira Khan.[9][10][11] Raees was said to be based on criminal Abdul Latif's life.[12] However, the filmmakers denied this.[13][14]

The film was released on 25 January 2017 during India's Republic Day weekend.[1] It received mostly positive reviews from the critics and was a success at Box office,[15] becoming the highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2017[16] up until it was surpassed by Golmaal Again, Tiger Zinda Hai and Secret Superstar. Raees was also the most pirated Hindi film of 2017.[17] The film's soundtrack has also received over 800 million streams on YouTube.[18] The film received five nominations at the 63rd Filmfare Awards, including Best Actor for Khan.