Nahas Hidhayath has had the best Onam of his life. The debut director is on a high with his film, RDX: Robert Dony Xavier, playing to full houses across Kerala and outside the State. “When the audience burst into applause after the first day first show, it was a dream-come-true experience. My struggles became insignificant at that moment,” says Nahas, who had to shelve his first film, Aaravam, after a few days of shooting.
RDX, an action-packed entertainer with tropes to attract the family audience, arrived at theatres as an underdog, pitted against two star-driven releases – Dulquer Salmaan’s King of Kotha and Nivin Pauly’s Ramachandra Boss & Co. The film, bankrolled by Sophia Paul, and starring young guns Shane Nigam, Antony Varghese and Neeraj Madhav has clearly raced past the two biggies.
