Raid

Raid is a 2023 Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Karthi in his directorial debut. It is a remake of the 2018 Kannada film Tagaru starring Shiva Rajkumar.

The film stars Vikram Prabhu, Sri Divya, Ananthika Sanilkumar and Rishi Rithvik. Sam C. S. composed the music, while the cinematography and editing were handled by Kathiravan and Manimaran.

Inspector Prabhakaran sets on a crusade to finish all gangsters in the city of Chennai, where he locks horns with Daali and Chitte, who are ruthless gangster controlling the city's market with the influence of their boss Uncle. While on a police operation to encounter Uncle's aid Baby, Prabhakaran captures Daali's brother Cockroach and kills him in an encounter.

Enraged, Daali, Chitte and his men shoots Prabhakaran during his morning jog, where Prabhakaran's fiancèe Venba gets killed in a crossfire. Distraught about Venba's death, Prabhakaran continues his mission to eliminate all wrongdoers from society.

Raid was released on 10 November 2023 during Diwali weekend to negative reviews from critics.