Waltair Veerayya movie review and box office collection LIVE updates: The Chiranjeevi, Shruti Haasan and Ravi Teja's film opens to positive reviews and packed cinema halls

After leaving everyone dumbstruck with his performance in 'GodFather', megastar Chiranjeevi once again graced the silver screens with 'Waltair Veerayya'. Ever since ‘Waltair Veerayya’ was announced, there has been a lot of discussions around the film. The film was released in the cinema halls today. Touted to be an action comedy-entertainer, the film has been written and directed by filmmaker Bobby Kolli (KS Ravindra). Ravi Teja plays a crucial role in the movie. With Shruti Haasan as the leading lady, the project also features Catherine Tresa, Catherine Tresa, Rajendra Prasad, Prakash Raj, Bobby Simha, Nassar, Sathyaraj and Vennela Kishore in prominent roles, along with the rest. It is produced by Naveen Yerneni, Y. Ravi Shankar and co-produced by G.K. Mohan, under the banner, Mythri Movie Makers. The music of the film is composed by Devi Sri Prasad. The technical crew includes Arthur A. Wilson for cinematography and Niranjan Devaramane for editing. With a massive fan following down South, megastar Chiranjeevi starrer 'Waltair Veerayya' is expected to do well at the box office. Decent screen count and great advance bookings have raised the box office expectations for the film. It is clashing at the box office with Nandamuri Balakrishna’s Veera Simha Reddy. Check out all the latest updates on 'Waltair Veerayya' here:

07:54 (IST) Jan 13

Hindi release

The biggie has created a great deal of buzz among fans as it features the mass hero in a stylish new avatar. With an intent to explore the existing craze for Telugu movies in Hindi, the makers of the film also released the 'Waltair Veerayya' in Hindi. The Telugu original and the dubbed Hindi version will be released on the same day, with the same title.

07:53 (IST) Jan 13

Chiru's impactful performance

From being known as the megastar of Tollywood to telling stories with commercial elements, Chiranjeevi has come a long way. This time too, he has come up with a commercial action entertainer, which every actor in the industry refused to do. And he has done the film and promoted it with full gusto. Waltair Veerayya provides him with an opportunity to do them like never before.

07:52 (IST) Jan 13

Waltair Veerayya- one of the most anticipated releases of the year

Chiranjeevi’s massive fan following has all the reasons to be on cloud nine. After all, his much talked about movie 'Waltair Veerayya' has hit the theatres today. Helmed by Gopichand Malineni, the movie happens to be an action-comedy that also features Shruti Haasan and Ravi Teja in the lead. Interestingly, 'Waltair Veerayya' has been one of the most anticipated releases of the year and the team has been leaving no stone unturned to keep the fans intrigued about the movie.

07:51 (IST) Jan 13

Huge expectations

As usual, a lot has been discussed about 'Waltair Veerayya' as it is megastar Chiranjeevi’s film. Upon watching the trailer alone, a true Chiru fan will realise that it purely reflects this actor's style. The top notch performances from the cast is one of the primary reasons one should watch this film right away. It is being said that the movie will strike the right chord with the audience.