Race is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language neo-noir action crime film directed by Abbas–Mustan and written by Kiran Kotrial and Shiraz Ahmed. It is the first installment in the Race franchise and stars Anil Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Bipasha Basu, Katrina Kaif, and Sameera Reddy. In the film, the professional and personal loyalties between brothers and businessmen Ranvir Singh and Rajiv Singh are shown as a storyline.

Race is an Indian neo-noir action crime film series produced by Ramesh S. Taurani and Kumar S. Taurani under the banner of Tips Industries. The series was written by Kiran Kotrial, Shiraz Ahmed, Anurag Prapanna and Jitendra Parmar, which stars Anil Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan as recurring roles for first 2 films, Race and Race 2 are directed by Abbas–Mustan. The third film, Race 3 was a sequel directed by Remo D'Souza. Kapoor returned once again, this time in a new role with Salman Khan and Bobby Deol joining the cast. Race 3 received negative reviews and didn't perform well as previous films at the box office. The first film is loosely based on the 1998 Hollywood movie Goodbye Lover.