Ram Venkat Srikar of The New Indian Express rated the film 1.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Ghani fails to pack a punch.
Sowmya Rajendran of The News Minute rated the film 2 out of 5 stars and stated "The film has nothing new to offer and is a half-baked sports drama full of déjà vu moments". A reviewer from Sakshi Post rated the film 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Ghani is a decent sports drama". A reviewer from Pinkvilla rated the film 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "The romantic track involving the hero and Saiee Manjrekar is inexcusably cliche-ridden.The negative characters make their cheapness obvious". The film doesn’t provide anything you haven’t seen before". Neeshita Nyayapati of The Times of India rated the film 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Ghani is a decent sports drama, but that’s all it ends up being – decent. The film received mixed to negative reviews from critics who severely panned the film. The film was able to collect close to ₹6 crores in the first two days. Ghani collected a distributor's share of ₹3 crore on its opening day. Prior to the film's release, Telangana Today reported that the film premiere on Netflix, but the film was premiered on Aha on 22 April 2022.
Non-theatrical rights including digital streaming and satellite rights of the film were acquired by Aha and Gemini TV respectively at a cost of ₹25 crore combined. The film will be finally releasing on 8th April 2022. The film was scheduled for a theatrical release on 25 February 2022 but was postponed due to Bheemla Nayak choosing to release on that day. In February 2022, it was announced by the makers that the film will release on 25 February 2022 or that the film was going to be postponed to 4 March 2022 depending upon the release of other films. In the early-December, the makers postponed the release indefinitely to avoid clash with other films releasing the same month. Later, it was rescheduled to release on 24 December 2021. In October 2021, the release date was announced as 3 December 2021.
In early-August 2021, the film's release was rescheduled to November 2021, coinciding with Deepavali. The film was originally scheduled to release on 30 July 2021, but was later postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic in India. Music GhaniĪditya Iyengar, Sri Krishna, Sai Charan, Prudhvi Chandra
Special sets were made for the boxing episodes of the film. A shooting schedule also took place at Visakhapatnam. Upendra joined the production in February 2021. The film is produced by Sidhu Mudda and Allu Bobby. He was trained under Tony Jeffries, the former England boxer who won a bronze at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The film's title was unveiled in January 2021.