RDX: Robert Dony Xavier

<p>: Robert, Xavier and Robert’s elder brother Dony are best friends trained in and under the supervision of Antony Aashaan, Xavier’s father and a friend of Robert and Dony’s father Philip. Robert, Dony and Xavier always get entangled in fights, which causes headaches for the families. During the , Robert gets involved in a fight with Jaison, who from his girlfriend Mini’s colony, after he caused problems during Mini’s dance performance. Robert, Dony and Xavier beat everyone and Robert breaks Jaison’s leg. During the fight, Robert unknowingly causes a fire accident that puts an end to the carnival. Fearing for Robert’s safety from Jaison, Philip sends Robert to . : During a yearly festival in , Philip tries to stop a gang from creating trouble, but gets beaten by the gang. Seeing this, Dony thrashes them. Later, the same gang breaks into Philip’s house and ambushes them, which leaves Dony, Dony’s family and his wife Simi severely injured and rob things, including his daughter Sara’s that makes a deep cut on her neck. Robert, who is now a , learns about the ambush and returns home. Robert joins Dony to exact revenge on the gang members. Through one of the gang member Suni, Robert and Dony reach the colony to fight them, but they get outnumbered easily after the gang is informed about their arrival. Robert hides in one of the houses and meets Mini, who is now married to one of the gang member Ratheesh. Xavier arrives in time to save them and three of them escape from the colony. Xavier reveals that the gang that ambushed the family was led by Jaison’s brother Paulson, who wanted to exact revenge for thrashing him at the church festival. Paulson sends his men to attack Robert, Dony and Xavier at the hospital, but the trio, along with Philip, Simi and Antony escape from the hospital in an . Paulson and the rest of the colony members chase after them. Ratheesh goes to help Paulson, but Mini stops him by tying him to a chair. Robert, Dony, Xavier and Antony finally defeat Paulson’s men and Robert incapacitates Paulson by snapping his . During the celebration of Sara’s birthday, Robert, Dony and Xavier learn that Paulson’s sidekick Davis has been released from prison, where they intercept Davis and thrash him. In August 2022, announced her next film based on featuring , and titled abbreviated as The film marked the directorial debut of , who was an assistant director in (2017). The film produced by the banner was made on a budget of 8 crore. Rasheed Shabazz and Adarsh Sukumaran have written the script and dialogues for the film. has been hired as the music director after his debut in (2018) and has written the lyrics for the songs. Richard Kevin of (2017) and (2022) was signed in for editing, but was replaced by Chamman Chacko. Alex J. Pulickal was hired for the cinematography, while were signed to design the action sequences. Antony Varghese, Shane Nigam and Neeraj Madhav were cast in the lead roles to play the titular characters. , , , , and were cast to play supporting roles. and were finalised to play the female leads. The Principal photography began on 17 August 2022, with a puja at Anchumana Temple in , Kerala. Sofia Paul’s mother, Agnes Antony, gave the first clap. The shooting was discontinued, and a four-month delay due to Antony Varghese’s injury and unsuitable weather pushed them to restart production in December 2022. The shooting resumed on 15 December 2022 in . The shooting up in four months, on 13 April 2023. The soundtrack and background score were composed by , while the song lyrics were written by . The audio rights were bagged by . The first single titled “Halaballoo” was released on 26 July 2023. The second single titled “Scene Mone” was released on 17 August 2023. was theatrically released on 25 August 2023, coinciding with . The film was censored with a U/A certificate by the before release. The satellite rights of the film were sold to , while has acquired the post-theatrical digital rights and began streaming it on 24 September 2023 in Malayalam and in dubbed versions of , , and languages. received positive reviews from critics. Anjana George of gave 3.5/5 stars and wrote “Overall, there’s nothing that surpasses the adrenaline rush of action cinema. Have a holidays filled with action-packed excitement.” Sanjith Sidhardhan of gave 3.5/5 stars and wrote “Each of these sequences is mounted on a big scale or at least has a novel aspect to it, keeping the audience hooked. The makers of made no other claims other than it’s an action-packed film and they deliver on that promise.” Anandu Suresh of gave 3.5/5 stars and wrote ” serves as the gift that Malayalam audiences have longed for — a theatrical entertainment that matches the electrifying experiences found in other languages.” Vignesh Madhu of gave 3.5/5 stars and wrote ” relies on such familiar moments to create a rousing experience. The film also smartly overcomes the redundancy in the fights by placing the action sequences in different locations—open grounds, a massive carnival field, passenger boat and a thickly populated colony.” Princy Alexander of wrote “The stunts by Anbariv and Irfan Khan elevate the film’s quality. Yet, it’s the actors who deserve credit, having executed punches and kicks with finesse. In conclusion, the film will likely resonate more with audiences seeking a cinematic experience with high-octane and high-voltage fight sequences this Onam season.” S. R. Praveen of wrote ” certainly lacks the technical flair or finesse of these films, but it makes up for it in having a bare-minimum story, which gives the audience the emotional need to root for the three, and in having some pulsating action sequences courtesy the action choreographer duo Anbariv.” Akilan Nagarajan of the wrote “A generic action film that doesn’t go beyond its self-imposed mass-entertainer image. will still find its audience because this can seem like exactly what they need at the moment, but they sure deserve better.” was a commercial success at the box office, earning over (US$9.5 million) worldwide, with grossing over (US$5.9 million). The film grossed over (US$120,000) on its first day. Within three days of its release, it had grossed (US$1.6 million) worldwide, with (US$910,000) coming from Kerala and (US$720,000) coming from overseas. It earned around (US$3.5 million) on its sixth day. The film grossed (US$5.9 million) at the box office within nine days, making it one of the quickest in . grossed in New Zealand, in Australia and in the United Arab Emirates, totaling in international earnings. The producers and director Nahas have been involved in a dispute over a breach of contract. The producers allege that Hidayath quit the project after receiving an advance payment of Rs 40 lakh and an agreement to work on a second film. Hidayath denies the allegations, claiming that he was considering other opportunities and that no formal contract was signed. Nigam was banned by the Kerala Film Producers Association and FEFKA after complaints from the producers. The producers alleged that Nigam was indisciplined and caused financial loss by walking off set. Nigam wrote a letter to the denying the allegations, claiming that the producers misbehaved with his mother and provided him with a dirty caravan.</p>