It stars Dhruva Sarja in dual roles, alongside Vaibhavi Shandilya, Sukrutha Wagle, Achyuth Kumar and Nikitin Dheer.

The music was composed by Mani Sharma and Ravi Basrur, while the cinematography and editing were handled by Satya Hegde and K. M.

[7][8][9] Martin was theatrically released on 11 October 2024, coinciding with Dasara, where it was panned by critics and became a box office bomb.

The person's aggressiveness leads him to get captured and imprisoned, but he escapes from the prison and manages to regain some memories with the help of Pakistani locals, whom he had met including a lollipop-selling kid, a weapons dealer and an ally Regina.

However, Regina gets assassinated by Martin, a notorious international crime boss who is known for his trademark of shooting and killing his opponents in the left eye.

Past: While on duty, Arjun seizes an illegal shipment, containing defective and hazardous medicine from Mushtaq, who runs a pharmaceuticals racket.

Martin, while escaping, falls from the building and gets admitted to the hospital himself, while Shabnam takes Arjun to a safe place.

However, Martin destroys the jeeps and reveals that Vivek, Parashuram and Regina were actually working with Mushtaq, who not only sells hazardous medicines, but also supplies illegal weapons to terrorists.

Martin was theatrically released on 11 October 2024, coinciding with Dasara, in Kannada, along with the dubbed versions of Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi and Bengali.

"[14] Jagadish Angadi of Deccan Herald gave 2.5/5 stars and wrote "Martin is strictly for die-hard action fans.

"[15] Sanjay Ponnappa of India Today gave 2/5 stars and wrote "Martin could have been a normal action thriller with a template story, had it not been pumped with so much budget and unnecessary chutzpah.

"[17] Calling the film a "Big-Budget Disappointment", Shashiprasad SM of Times Now gave 2/5 stars and wrote, "Instead of focusing on a compelling story, screenplay, and thoughtful filmmaking, the emphasis seems to be on grandiosity, both visually and sonically.

of The Hindu wrote "In a bid to elevate actor Dhruva Sarja’s stardom, the makers of ‘Martin’ fall short in delivering a coherent action drama.

"[20] Latha Srinivasan of Hindustan Times wrote "For Dhruva, this movie was meant to be a major milestone in his career but Martin has turned out to be all hype with no substance.