Raees is an Action, Drama, Crime movie starring Shah Rukh Khan, Mahira Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub. Raees (2017) is directed by Rahul Dholakia, released on 25, Jan, 2017. It's is a fictitious story of a crime lord named Raees, who builds an entire empire from scratch. A police officer (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) who is determined to bring him down put all his efforts to catch him red-handed.