Ghosty (film)

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Ghosty
Ghosty Poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Kalyaan
Written byKalyaan
Starring
CinematographyJacob Rathinaraj
Edited byVijay Velukutty
Music by Sam CS
Production
company
Seed Pictures
Release date
  • 17 March 2023 (2023-03-17)
Running time
140 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Ghosty is a 2023 Indian Tamil-language comedy horror film written and directed by Kalyaan, and produced by Seed Pictures. It stars Kajal Aggarwal, K. S. Ravikumar, Yogi Babu, Redin Kingsley, and Urvashi. The film was released on 17 March 2023 in theatres and digitally on ZEE5 on 14 April 2023. [1] [2] This film marked the final appearance of Manobala who died on 3 May 2023.

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Cast

Production

The film's first look poster was released on 14 April 2021. [3] [4] Kajal Aggarwal did a promo shoot for the film in July 2021. [5] [6] The teaser for the film was released in October 2022. [7] [8] Later, the trailer was released. [9] [10] The film's release date was also announced in the trailer as 17 March 2023. [11] [12] [13]

Reception

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," [14] Chandhini R from Cinema Express gave a negative review and gave a 1.5 rating out of 5. [15] India Herald critic wrote that "the movie fall flates with viewers because of its weak one-liners and ridiculous circumstances." [16] Dinamalar critic gave the film a negative review and 1 star out of 5. [17] Maalai Malar critic gave 2.5 out of 5 and gave a mixed review. [18]

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References

  1. ↑ "Ghosty OTT: ఓటీటీలోకి కాజల్‌ హారర్‌ కామెడీ మూవీ.. ఘోస్టీ స్ట్రీమింగ్ ఎప్పుడు, ఎక్కడంటే?". TV9 Telugu (in Telugu). 3 April 2023. Archived from the original on 13 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  2. ↑ "Ghosty Movie | అప్పుడే ఓటీటీలోకి వచ్చేస్తున్న కాజల్‌ ఘోస్టీ మూవీ". NT News (in Telugu). 3 April 2023. Archived from the original on 3 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "First look of Kajal Aggarwal's Ghosty out". Cinema Express . Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  4. ↑ மலர், மாலை (15 April 2021). "பெரிய கோஸ்டியுடன் களமிறங்கும் காஜல் அகர்வால்". www.maalaimalar.com (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  5. ↑ மலர், மாலை (8 July 2021). "புரமோ பாடலுடன் கோஷ்டியை முடித்த காஜல் அகர்வால்". www.maalaimalar.com (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
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