Waltair Veerayya (2023) on Netflix
Waltair Veerayya, a smuggler in debt, accepts suspended CI Seethapathi's offer to capture the drug baron Solomon Caesar in Malaysia. He and his friends check into Solomon's Kuala Lumpur hotel.
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Plot summary
Waltair Veerayya is a smuggler whose debts have piled up. Suspended CI Seethapathi offers to clear them if Veerayya captures Solomon Caesar, a drug baron who escaped RAW custody, and brings him back to India from Malaysia. Veerayya agrees, and travels to Kuala Lumpur with his friends and Seethapathi's brother-in-law. They check into Solomon's hotel to work out an abduction plan. Solomon is protected by his brother Michael, a gang lord. While scouting the hotel, Veerayya runs into Nithya and Vaishnavi, who are on holiday, and Nithya pulls her daughter away from him. A team of RAW agents led by Athidhi also moves against Solomon, and Veerayya mistakes them for enemies.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Waltair Veerayya (2023)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Nawazuddin Siddiqui was approached to play the antagonist in the film, but scheduling conflicts pushed him out and Bobby Simha took the villain role instead.
- The villain role that went to Prakash Raj was first picked by director K. S. Ravindra for P. Samuthirakani, who was still filming Bro (2023) and lost the chance.
