Waltair Veerayya is a 2023 Indian Telugu-language action thriller film directed by Bobby Kolli and produced by Mythri Movie Makers. The film stars Chiranjeevi as the title character alongside Ravi Teja, Shruti Haasan, Catherine Tresa, Prakash Raj, Bobby Simha, Rajendra Prasad and Vennela Kishore. The film was announced in August 2021, principal photography commenced in December 2021 with filming taking place in Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam and Malaysia. The soundtrack was composed by Devi Sri Prasad with cinematography by Arthur A. Wilson and editing by Niranjan Devaramane.
Waltair Veerayya was released on 13 January 2023, coinciding with Sankranti weekend, and received positive reviews from critics. The film became commercially successful at the box office, thus becoming the third highest-grossing Telugu film of 2023
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| Directed by | Bobby Kolli |
| Written by | Bobby Kolli Kona Venkat K. Chakravarthy Reddy |
| Produced by | Naveen Yerneni Yalamanchili Ravi Shankar |
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| Cinematography | Arthur A. Wilson |
| Edited by | Niranjan Devaramane |
| Music by | Devi Sri Prasad |
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Mythri Movie Makers
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Running time
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160 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
| Budget | ₹140 crore |
| Box office | ₹236.15 crore |
Cast
- Chiranjeevi as Waltair Veerayya
- Ravi Teja as ACP Vikram Sagar IPS, Veerayya’s half-brother
- Shruti Haasan as RAW Agent Athidhi, Veerayya’s love interest
- Catherine Tresa as Dr. Nithya, Vikram’s wife
- Bobby Simha as Solomon Caesar, Michael’s younger brother
- Prakash Raj as Michael Caesar alias Kaala, Solomon’s elder brother
- Rajendra Prasad as CI Seethapati
- Nassar as Constable Koteswara Rao
- Sathyaraj as Satyamurthy, Vikram’s father
- Baby Shreshta as Vaishnavi, Vikram and Nithya’s daughter; Veerayya’s niece
- Subbaraju as Edukondalu
- Vennela Kishore as Seethapati’s brother-in-law
- Srinivasa Reddy as Dollar Babu, Veerayya’s friend
- Saptagiri as Lekka Giri, Veerayya’s friend
- Shakalaka Shankar as Samba, Veerayya’s friend
- Pradeep Rawat as David, Veerayya’s friend
- Rajendran as Gundu Mani, Veerayya’s jailmate
- Jayaprakash as High Court Judge
- Manobala as K. Murthy, a judge
- Jhansi as Lawyer
- Raghu Babu as Defense Lawyer
- Kalyani Natarajan as Vikram’s mother
- Mime Gopi as Das, a goon
- John Vijay as Abdullah, Michael’s assistant
- Prabhas Sreenu as Bujji
- B. S. Avinash as Velappan Karuppan, Michael’s business partnerwatch and Download movies Onlinewatch and Download movies Onlinewatch and Download movies Online
- Surya as Retired officer Murthy, Seethapati’s colleague
- Kedar Shankar as Nithya’s father
- Pramodini as Seethapati’s wife
- Praveen as Police Officer
- Anish Kuruvilla as Navy Officer
- Vinay Varma as Police SP
- Vasu Induri as Priest
- Chammak Chandra as Goon
- Vettai Muthukumar as Goon
- Mathew Varghese as JCP Bharadwaj
- Kalpalatha as Protestor
- Urvashi Rautela in a special appearance in the song “Boss Party”
- Sekhar as himself in the song “Poonakaalu Loading”
Release
Theatrical
Waltair Veerayya along with the Hindi dubbed version, was released in theaters on 13 January 2023 coinciding with the festival of Sankranti. The worldwide theatrical rights of the film were sold at a cost of ₹94 crore.
Home media
The digital and satellite rights of the film were acquired by Netflix and Gemini TV respectively. The film premiered on Netflix on 27 February 2023. The Hindi dubbed version of the movie was premiered on Sony watch and Download movies OnlineMax on 13 August 2023.
