(based on Yasin Bhatkal) Ali Reza as Ali Reza, NIA Agent Mayank Parakh as Caleb Matthews, NIA Agent Rudra Pradeep as Hashwanth Manohar, NIA Agent Prakash Sudarshan as Rudra Goud, NIA Agent Anish Kuruvilla as Vinod Shivam Malhotra as Saajid K. C Shankar as Laxman Kumer Kakon Uzzal as Zan Shawar Ali as Bomzan Avijit Dutt as Abdullah Aziz Naser as Car Driver Production Development The film was announced in December 2019. Based on true events, Nagarjuna Akkineni is cast as a National Investigation Agency officer with Saiyami Kher in pivotal role. S. Thaman has composed the film's score. Filming The filming took place in Hyderabad and Goa for 20 days and a schedule was planned in Thailand. Nearly 70% of the shoot was complete by February 2020, before being halted due to COVID-19 pandemic in India. The shooting is resumed in September 2020. After filming crucial sequences in Leh, Manali and Jammu the production was wrapped up in November 2020. Release The film was originally reported to release as a Netflix Original film. However, in March 2021 the producers and team of Wild Dog announced that they have withdrawn the digital deal with Netflix in order to opt for a theatrical release. The date later on was announced as 2 April 2021 by Niranjan Reddy at the press meet. Home Media The film's digital rights were sold to Netflix. The film's digital premiere took place on Netflix on 22 April 2021, after 20 days of its theatrical run in Telugu along with dubbed versions in Kannada, Malayalam, and Tamil languages. Reception Neeshitha Nyayapati of The Times of India rated the film 3 stars of 5 and wrote, "Wild Dog is a simple story that doesn’t veer much beyond the tale of a team looking to nab a terrorist. Ahishor Solomon must be lauded for attempting to make an action film that’s devoid of any commercial elements." The Hindu critic Sangeeth Devi Dundoo felt that with more attention writing in the first hour, Wild Dog could have raised the bar higher. On technical aspects, she wrote, "The film benefits from its able technical crew and special mentions are due to action director David Ismalone, cinematographer Shaneil Deo and Thaman for his background score." In his review for Firstpost, Hemanth Kumar gave the film 3/5 and stated: "Despite its packaging and pace, Wild Dog presents an overwhelming sense of familiarity in