RDX: Robert Dony Xavier (2023) on Netflix
Robert, his brother Dony and Xavier learn karate and boxing under Antony Aashaan. When a gang attacks Philip's house, Robert returns from his bartending job to join Dony.
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Three friends trained in karate and boxing, Robert, his elder brother Dony and Xavier, spend their youth in Kochi getting into fights. At the Cochin Carnival, Robert breaks the leg of Jaison, who had disrupted Mini's dance performance, and in the brawl a fire breaks out that ends the carnival. Robert's father Philip, fearing for his son, sends him to Bangalore. Years later, at a church festival, Philip tries to stop a gang from causing trouble and is beaten; Dony thrashes the gang. The gang then breaks into Philip's house and ambushes the family, injuring Dony, his wife Simi and their daughter Sara. Robert, working as a bartender, learns of it and comes home to join Dony.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about RDX: Robert Dony Xavier (2023)
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- Shane Nigam was banned by the Kerala Film Producers Association and FEFKA after producers complained he was indisciplined and caused financial loss by walking off the set of RDX. Nigam wrote to AMMA denying it, saying the producers misbehaved with his mother and gave him a dirty caravan.
- The producers of RDX accused director Nahas Hidayath of quitting the project after taking a Rs 40 lakh advance and agreeing to work on a second film. Hidayath denied the allegations, saying he was weighing other opportunities and no formal contract was signed.
- Shooting on RDX stopped and the film was delayed four months by lead actor Antony Varghese's injury and unsuitable weather, pushing the restart to 15 December 2022 in Kochi.
- RDX became the fourth Malayalam film to collect ₹50 crore from Kerala state alone, after Pulimurugan, Lucifer and 2018.
