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Ghost is a 2023 Indian Kannada-language
action heist thriller film directed by M. G. Srinivas and produced by Sandesh Nagaraj under Sandesh Production. [5] The film stars Shiva Rajkumar, Jayaram, Anupam Kher, Prashant Narayanan, Satya Prakash, and Archana Jois. It is the second installment of a cinematic universe following Birbal Trilogy Case 1: Finding Vajramuni in which M. G. Srinivas had appeared as Mahesh Das. [6] In the film, an anonymous gangster called "Big Daddy" hijacks a prison to steal hidden gold bars recovered during a CBI raid, but ACP Chengappa arrives to stop Big Daddy from executing his plans.
Directed byM. G. SrinivasDialogues by
Prasanna V. M.
Maasti
Story byM. G. SrinivasProduced bySandesh NagarajStarring
Shiva Rajkumar
Jayaram
Anupam Kher
Prashant Narayanan
Archana Jois
M. G. Srinivas
Satya Prakash
CinematographyMahendra SimhaEdited byDeepu S. KumarMusic byArjun Janya
Production
company
Sandesh Productions
Release date
19 October 2023
Running time
132 minutes[1]CountryIndiaLanguageKannadaBudget₹15 crore[2]Box office₹24.3 crores[3] to ₹30.28 crores[4]
Ghost was released theatrically on 19 October 2023, during Dasara weekend, to positive reviews from critics and became a box office success. A sequel titled Ghost 2 is planned.[7]
Plot
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An anonymous person and his gang hijacks the central prison in Karnataka, where they capture prisoners, prison officials and Vaman Srinivasan, ex-CBI officer, and hold them as hostages. ACP Chengappa is assigned to solve the hostage issue. A cat-and-mouse game ensues between the anonymous person and Chengappa during which the person is revealed as Dalavayi Muddanna alias "Big Daddy", an infamous crime boss.
Chengappa learns that Dalavayi and his gang hijacked the prison to steal gold bars. It is revealed that Vaman had discovered the gold bars during a CBI raid and had hidden it in the prison, due to public attention of a controversial gold scam. Vaman and Thomas, the prison officer, decided to retrieve the gold by implementing privatisation of the prison in order to distract the public, but Prabhu, one of Vaman's officers, learnt about their plan and decide to expose their secrets. Vaman found out about Prabhu and killed him, making it look like a suicide. Vaman also killed Geetha, Prabhu's disabled wife, after she learnt about his plan.
Dalavayi and his team find the gold in the prison's newly constructed library. Vaman initiates his next plan of releasing dangerous prisoners to kill Dalavayi and his team. However, they are revealed to be Dalavayi's previous henchmen. Chengappa learns about Dalavayi and is later revealed that he and his officers had killed Dalavayi in a car accident previously. Chengappa suspects that the person who hijacked the prison as Dalavayi is an imposter. Chengappa confirms the same and reveals the information to the henchmen.
The henchmen attacks the imposter Dalavayi, but he manages to defeat them. The imposter Dalavayi initiates his escape plan by sending his henchmen to travel with the prisoners in the bus, while he transfers the real gold through remote control mini boats and keep the fake gold in the bus. He eventually escapes through a secret route, while Chengappa is unable to identify Dalavayi's henchmen. A few months later, Home Minister Vijayalakshmi assigns "Pithamaha", a spy agency headed by A. N. Rao, to solve the case due to pressure from the government.
It is later revealed that the imposter Dalavayi is actually Anand Rao, Rao's son and Prabhu's elder brother. Anand and Rao learnt about Vaman's plan and his involvement in Prabhu and Geetha's deaths, where they decided to clear Prabhu's name and expose Vaman. Anand decided to pose as Dalavayi by wearing a prosthetic mask and hijacked the prison. Anand finally exposes Vaman and gets him and Thomas arrested. While paying respects to Prabhu and Geetha, Anand gets a call from Dalavayi's son, who demands him to return the gold in exchange for rescuing his team members. Anand and Rao set out to confront Dalavayi's son.
Cast
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Shiva Rajkumar as Dalavayi Muddanna alias "Big Daddy" and Anand Rao (dual role)
Jayaram as ACP Chengappa
Anupam Kher as A. N. Rao, Anand's father
Prashant Narayanan as ex-CBI chief Vamana Srinivasan
Archana Jois as Lakshmi, a news reporter
Satya Prakash as Thomas
Abhijith as CM Subhash Rao Channabasappa
Vijayalakshmi Singh as Home Minister Vijayalakshmi
M. Kamaraj as prisoner and aide of Dalavayi
M. G. Srinivas as Mahesh Das
Release
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The first look was released on 12 July 2022, coinciding with the actor's birthday, while a motion poster was released on 2 January 2023.[8][9] The trailer was released on 1 October 2023. The film was released on 19 October 2023, coinciding with Dasara.[10]
Box office
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Ghost achieved notable success at the box office by grossing ₹30.28 crore against a budget of ₹15 crore within a span of four weeks.[4] 7c_abey-Pr8 |