GHAATI (2025) Movie Filmyzilla

Sometimes a movie walks in with style, swagger, and a great cast but leaves without really having any effect. One among those films is GHAATI. Expectations were sky high, Anushka Shetty leading the charge and Krish Jagarlamudi behind the camera. On screen, sadly, what shows is more flash than substance.

👬 Movie Title: GHAATI
🎥 Direct: Krish Jagarlamudi
👥 Cast: Anushka Shetty; Vikram Prabhu; Ramya Krishnan; Jagapathi Babu; VTV Ganesh; Larissa Bonesi
🎶 Music: Nagavelli Vidya Sagar
💰 Budget: about ₹55 Crore
💵 Box Office India: ₹7.2 Crore as of right now
📅 Release Date: April 18, 2025
🗣️ Languages: Telugu (Dubbed in Hindi and Tamil)
💬 Public Opinion: "Visually strong but lacks depth," "Anushka is the only saving grace," says "great buildup, weak payoff."

Review (No sugarcoating, just real talk):

GHAATI might have been a riveting, high-stakes action-crime thriller, but it veers off course sometime along. It promises something, but by the conclusion you find yourself wondering what precisely you just watched through.

Leading the show as a lady who changes from a hapless victim to a strong player in the underground drug scene is Anushka Shetty. She gives her all; her screen presence is powerful, and she gives her part grit. The writing does not provide her enough substance, though, to really shine. She seems prepared for combat, but the battlefield is absent.

Promoted as one of the leads, Vikram Prabhu hardly has space to have influence. Along with Ramya Krishnan and Jagapathi Babu, their characters feel undeveloped and misused.

With dramatic slow-mos, gloomy tones, and atmospheric sequences—a distinctive visual style—director Krish Jagarlamudi strives, yet the plot seems disorganized. Though there is ambition, the script falls short. Though it lacks any actual emotional connection, the film alternately uses flashbacks, action scenes, and emotional moments.

Though at times it gets overpowering—louder than the emotions on screen—Nagavelli Vidya Sagar's background score strives to heighten the suspense.

⭐ Final Verdict: 1.5 out of 5

• 🌟 One star for Anushka's performance, which merits a better film
• ✨ Half a star for the visual ambition of the movie
• ❌ Minus points for a bland character arc, a perplexing storyline, and little emotional impact

Bottom Line:

Though ends up being a loud, chaotic experience with very little to hang on, GHAATI aimed to be a dark and powerful story of revenge and power. If you enjoy Anushka Shetty, you might put up with it just for her. For most viewers, though, this one's disappointing trip best skipped.