Race (film series)

Race series Race Race 2
Directed by	Abbas-Mustan
Produced by	Ramesh S. Taurani Kumar S. Taurani
Screenplay by	Shiraz Ahmed
Story by	Shiraz Ahmed
Starring	Anil Kapoor Saif Ali Khan
Music by	Songs Pritam Background Score: Salim-Sulaiman Sunny M.R. (Race 2)
Cinematography	Ravi Yadav
Edited by	Hussain A. Burmawala
Production company	Tips Music Films
Distributed by	UTV Motion Pictures
Release date	1: 21 March 2008 (2008-03-21) 2: 25 January 2013 (2013-01-25)
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹950 million (US$15 million) (Two films)
Box office	₹2.68 billion (US$42 million) (Two films)

Race is a series of Indian action-thriller films. The series is directed by Abbas-Mustan and produced by Ramesh S. Taurani and Kumar S. Tauraniunder the banner of Tips Music Films. The series stars Anil Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan as recurring roles. The first film is loosely based on the 1998 Hollywood movie Goodbye Lover. The series is now eighth Highest-grossing film series in Bollywood.

A robbery takes place and European printing plates are stolen. Ranvir Singh (Saif Ali Khan) sees this news on TV and decides to take advantage of this to get revenge for a past matter. Ranveer cons Vikram Thapar (Rajesh Khattar) by pretending to have stolen the Euro printing plates, and his plan is successful. He cons Vikram so badly that he is divested of the five casinos that he owns in Istanbul, Turkey.

This con is revealed to be a plan that Ranveer made a week earlier with ex-street fighter and current casino mogul Armaan Malik (John Abraham). Ranveer was introduced to Armaan by his friend Robert "RD" D'Costa (Anil Kapoor) and his dimwitted assistant Cherry (Ameesha Patel). After the con, Ranveer gives Armaan ownership of Thapar's five casinos in exchange for 10% of the money. With this deal, Ranveer and Armaan become friends. Ranveer also romances Armaan's half-sister Alina (Deepika Padukone), who is his 50% business partner in all his ventures and spent a night with him to start their partnership.

At a party hosted by Armaan and Alina, Ranveer meets Armaan's girlfriend Omisha (Jacqueline Fernandez) and sees a picture of his deceased wife Sonia (Bipasha Basu) in her wallet. He charms her through matches of archery and fencing where he cuts her dresses without her knowledge and walks away without watching her without dress. Ranveer then tells Armaan of a deal that will get them endless money. Armaan agrees to the plan.