The film was released on 25 January 2017 during India's Republic Day weekend. It received overall positive reviews from the critics and was a success at box office. It was also the highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2017. "Raees" was also the most popular Hindi film of 2017. The film's soundtrack was also popular with over 1.5 billion streams on YouTube. The film received five nominations at the 63rd Filmfare Awards, including Best Actor for Khan.