| Ghosty | |
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Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Kalyaan |
| Written by | Kalyaan |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Jacob Rathinaraj |
| Edited by | Vijay Velukutty |
| Music by | Sam CS |
Production company | Seed Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 140 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Languages | Telugu, Tamil, Hindi |
Ghosty is a 2023 Indian Tamil-language comedy horror film written and directed by Kalyaan, and produced by Seed Pictures. It stars Kajal Aggarwal, Urvashi, Yogi Babu, Redin Kingsley, K. S. Ravikumar and Sathyan. The film was released on 17 March 2023, [1] [2] and marked the final appearance of Manobala who died on 3 May 2023. The film received negative reviews from critics.
Aarthi a police Inspector. Her ultimate goal is to find and arrest an accused named Daas who escaped from her father's custody 20 years back. In order to resolve the case, she is in search of the accused and wants to put him back in jail to do justice to her father's remembrance. She takes over the case in her hand and she desperately in search of him. During this travel, a shootout happens but Aarthi shoots and kills another person thinking it was Daas and commits a blunder. But after that she manages to hide her mistake without affecting her job or the interrogation of Dass case. In the second half of the film Aarthi is facing a bad occult presence at her home. How she tackles it and her efforts to find and arrest Dass forms the rest of the story.
Kajal Aggarwal did a promo shoot for the film in July 2021. [3] [4] The film's release date was announced as 17 March 2023. [5]
The film was released on 17 March 2023 in theatres. Logesh Balachandran from The Times of India gave it 1.5 stars out of 5 and stated that "Overall, Ghosty is another Tamil film that fails to do justice to the horror-comedy genre". [6] Chandhini R from Cinema Express gave a negative review and gave a 1.5 rating out of 5. [7] India Herald critic wrote that "the movie fall flates with viewers because of its weak one-liners and ridiculous circumstances." [8] A Dinamalar critic gave the film a negative review and 1 star out of 5. [9] A Maalai Malar critic gave 2.5 out of 5 and gave a mixed review. [10]