Vikram Naidu is an Interpol officer in Dubai who suffers from anger management and nightmares about a riot that took place in 1984 in New Delhi, in which his mother was killed when he was 10 years old.

During a session with his psychiatrist Dr. Iyer, Vikram tells that Priya has moved back to India and joined the NCB in Mumbai.

Vikram leaves to Ooty and reminisces his life of getting adopted by Anu's father, Nagendra Naidu, who was a colonel in the Indian Army, and saved him from getting killed in the riots.

It is revealed that after the mission in Dubai, Vikram went on a killing spree and had vanquished many gangsters and criminals in the underworld, where he was referred as Ghost.

Priya meets Vikram and reveals that the attack was orchestrated by Scorpion, who runs a business of human trafficking, assassinations and narcotics.

Sunil Narang of Sri Venkateswara Cinemas initially wanted to remake the Hindi film Raid (2018) in Telugu with Nagarjuna.

Since Narang was also interested in making a full-length action with the film, director Praveen Sattaru conceptualized a new script which features Nagarjuna as a retired RAW officer.

[6] Kajal Aggarwal was first signed in to play a major role but she opted out due to her pregnancy and was soon replaced by Amala Paul in October 2021.

The film was digitally streamed on Netflix from 2 November 2022 in Telugu and dubbed versions of Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam and Kannada languages.

[24] Srivathsan Nadadhur of OTTplay gave 3/5 stars and wrote "Besides the craftiness of director Praveen Sattaru, The Ghost’s major highlight is its breathtaking action choreography - which alone merits a big-screen experience.

"[25] Soundarya Athimuthu of The Quint gave 2.5/5 stars and wrote "Nagarjuna impresses us with his style and swag but the rest of the characters and the screenplay, not so much.

"[26] Janani K of India Today gave 2/5 stars and wrote "The lack of solid emotional connect and a ridiculous climax undo everything that had been built so far.

"[28] Balakrishna Ganeshan of The News Minute gave 2/5 stars and wrote "While director Praveen Sattaru's The Ghost has some slick action sequences, there is no compelling story, which is made worse by a contrived screenplay.

"[29] Manoj Kumar R of The Indian Express gave 1/5 stars and wrote "The Ghost is neither cheeky as Mr. & Mrs. Smith nor entertaining as John Wick.

"[30] Bhuvanesh Chander of The Hindu wrote "Praveen Sattaru's action-drama is a case of multiple misfires from point-blank range, and there's very little to take back.