Hindi Raees (2017)

Raees is a 2017 Indian action crime film directed by Rahul Dholakia and produced by Gauri Khan, Ritesh Sidhwani, and Farhan Akhtar under their banners Red Chillies Entertainment and Excel Entertainment. The movie stars Shah Rukh Khan in the lead role, with Mahira Khan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui in pivotal roles. The film’s music was composed by Ram Sampath, with the background score by JAM8. The lyrics were penned by Javed Akhtar, making the soundtrack one of the highlights of the movie.

Raees was released on 25th January 2017 and revolves around the life of a bootlegger, Raees Alam (Shah Rukh Khan), whose business is highly challenged and eventually thwarted by a police officer, ACP Majmudar (Nawazuddin Siddiqui). The film is set in the early 1980s to 1990s Gujarat, India, and depicts the criminal underworld through Raees’s rise to power and his relationships, including his love interest Aasiya (Mahira Khan). The movie’s soundtrack became popular upon release, with songs like “Laila Main Laila,” a remake of the old Bollywood song, sung by Pawni Pandey, and “Zaalima,” sung by Arijit Singh and Harshdeep Kaur, standing out as hits. The film not only received critical acclaim for its storytelling, direction, and performances, especially that of Shah Rukh Khan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui, but also did well at the box office, grossing over ₹308 crore worldwide.

Here, we’ve listed all the songs of Raees sung by various artists, along with their lyrics and music videos. Check out the list of Raees movie song lyrics below.