Ghost

Amidst the protest against privatization of prisons, ex-CBI officer Vamana Srinivasan wins the bid for the central prison. On it's inaugural event, a mysterious man with his gang successfully hijacks the prison and keeps the prisoners as hostages along with the jailer and Vamana himself. ACP Chengappa is assigned this case and he tries to figure out the motive behind this hijacking and how to nab the mastermind while the OG, is at times few steps ahead of everyone. What is the reason for the hijacking and who is this mysterious guy, the answers to all the questions is not present in this film for sure.

It's a treat to watch Shivanna shine on screen, completely surrending himself to his Director's vision. However, Srini has the overambitious vision, he doesn't have the writing or directorial skills required to pull it off. Once again the incoherent screenplay plays the spoilsport. The attempt is to give a non-linear narrative with constant jumping back in the timeline but the amateurish writing doesn't help Srini's cause and the disappointing dialogues too bring down the film. Every time Srini strikes gold with Shivanna and proper fan service, the scene jumps back to a dull flashback which barely match the excitement.

The main plot is as simple as one expects, a revenge story. The screenplay demands for the logic to be thrown out. But for the magic to happen, having Shivanna as your only magic trick isn't enough. Despite the short runtime, the scenes do lag. On paper, the scenes might have felt to be thrilling but the execution is so haphazard followed by the abrupt editing, multiple times the scene transition just feels like continuity errors. The hyped the final act too loses it's impact and even here, couple of scenes work really well to please the fans but considering the overall content, it is sadly a hugely missed opportunity.

Smash hit written all over it ! Sooper acting by shivanna and Jayaram,classy action sequences and nice story..first half a bit dragged, second half is steamy ! Background score by Arjun Janya is racy, lot of whistle worthy scenes in the movie.

A must watch for shivanna fans.

Srini has again proved to be a director with a vision ! His screenplay,usage of rat as a catalyst for carrying messages is innovative and unexplored !

Screentime of 2 hours 10 mins, lack of a full length song is great in this generation of 3 Hour long overly stretched movies !

Blockbuster for Dussehra💐 4/5 rating. Cheers.

Tej.

Srini comes back with a banger of a movie. Packs in Shivanna on the screen with sheer finesse and also makes sure to sprinkle the massy sections at appropriate time segments. Also the high pace screenplay ensures you have no dull moments in the story and also makes be on the edge of the seat.

The BGM by Arjun Janya ensues exhilaration throughout the movie. Especially the background score during flashback sequence is a cherry on top.

Apart from Shivanna even other characters were able to shine in their roles as well, the Jayaram's Character and Ex-CBI charcter were so nice to watch to name a few.

We have a special messenger in this movie, the conceptualization of that was a cinematic brilliance. Srini also has brilliantly integrated other technical elements aptly into the story.

Overall this movie was a great ride this is a multi-genre fast-paced mass-entertainer which we can enjoy in the theatre.

I am eager to watch further ventures from Srini in future, his direction is refined here compared to his older ones.

Movie Name: Ghost(2023) Director: M. G. Srinivas.

An Excellent Action thrillers without any song or dance and also importantly without so much violence. Lots of twist and turns in the story and also an unexpected climax. Shivrajkumar's heroic act is really appreciable. Even without a heroin, he was able to lead the movie on his own manner. Another important thing about this movie is Jayaram's character. I didn't expect that he can do such rude character, as I'm from Kerala, I used to watch his comedy movies. His Character was also really appreciable. Anupem Kher have done his guest appearance in a good manner. Another brilliant thing about the movie was its BGM.

I am giving my rating only for Shivanna's superb and stylish acting. While the story had potential, the screenplay lacked any coherence and the story telling left much to be desired. There are many scenes like tanker burning scene etc, which left me curious when I watched it in trailer. But it left me very disappointed as there was no explanation of it's relevance. The ending leaves with a hope of a next part. I hope Srini takes some lesson and put more effort on making the screenplay logical and not only based on mass dialogue and scenes. The fights are well choreographed. Hiest plan could have been explained well instead of just rushing it in a backdrop.