Ghosty (film)

Ghosty is a 2023 Indian Tamil-language comedy horror film written and directed by Kalyaan, and produced by Seed Pictures. It stars Yogi Babu, Redin Kingsley, Kajal Aggarwal, K. S. Ravikumar, Sathyan and Urvashi. 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.

Ghosty
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Kalyaan
Written by	Kalyaan
Starring	Yogi Babu K. S. Ravikumar Redin Kingsley Kajal Aggarwal
Cinematography	Jacob Rathinaraj
Edited by	Vijay Velukutty
Music by	Sam CS
Production company	Seed Pictures
Release date	17 March 2023 (2023-03-17)
Running time	140 minutes
Country	India
Languages	Telugu,Tamil, Hindi

Cast

• Yogi Babu as Asurvel Mental hospital patient
• Redin Kingsley as Amarvel Mental hospital patient
• Kajal Aggarwal as Aarthi
• K. S. Ravikumar as Das
• Jagan as Mental hospital patient
• Thangadurai
• Urvashi as Aadhi
• Sathyan as Mayil
• Aadukalam Naren as Priest
• Manobala as Priest
• Motta Rajendran as Motta (Mental Hospital warden)
• Mayilsamy as security
• Swaminathan as doctor
• Devadarshini
• Suresh Chandra Menon as Police inspector
• Subbu Panchu
• Livingston
• Santhana Bharathi
• Madhan Bob
• T. M. Karthik as Police officer
• R. N. R. Manohar
• Sriman as doctor
• Kalairani as Robert's owner
• KPY Bala
• Jai (guest appearance)
• Radhika Sarathkumar (guest appearance)

Production

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][6]

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".^[7] Chandhini R from Cinema Express gave a negative review and gave a 1.5 rating out of 5.^[8] India Herald critic wrote that "the movie fall flates with viewers because of its weak one-liners and ridiculous circumstances."^[9] A Dinamalar critic gave the film a negative review and 1 star out of 5.^[10] A Maalai Malar critic gave 2.5 out of 5 and gave a mixed review.^[11]