Dhootha (transl. The Messenger) is an Indian Telugu-language horror mystery thriller television series created and directed by Vikram Kumar.[1] It stars Naga Chaitanya, Parvathy Thiruvothu, Prachi Desai, Gnaneswari Kandregula, Anish Kuruvilla, Tharun Bhascker, Rohini, Tanikella Bharani, Priya Bhavani Shankar, and Pasupathy in primary roles.[2] The series premiered on 1 December 2023 on Amazon Prime Video.[3][4]
Cast
- Naga Chaitanya as Sagar Varma Avudhuri, Chief Editor of "Samachar"
- Pasupathy as Konidela Sathya Murthy, a freedom fighter, Founder and Chief Editor of "Dhootha"
- Parvathy Thiruvothu as DCP Kranthi Shenoy
- Ravindra Vijay as SI Ajay Ghosh
- Jayaprakash as Konidela Chandra Murthy, Sathya Murthy's son
- Raja Goutham as Chakrapani Veerula, President of "Praja Vaakku Party" and Bhupati's friend; Raghavayya's opponent and Chakravarthy's grandfather.
- Tharun Bhascker as Bhupati Varma Avudhuri, Sagar's grandfather and Anand's father.
- Jeevan Kumar as SI Ramana Ghosh, Ajay Ghosh's grandfather
- Tanikella Bharani as MLA Raghavayya, DCP Kranthi Shenoy‘s great-grandfather
- Raghu Kunche as Chief Minister Chakravarthy Veerula
- Priya Bhavani Shankar as Priya Avudhuri, Sagar's wife
- Easwari Rao as Raghavayya's granddaughter and Kranthi's mother (in a cameo appearance).
- Prachi Desai as Amrutha, Sagar's PA
- Sruthy Jayan as Kalpana, Raghavayya's maid and Chakrapani's love interest
- Satya Krishnan as Konidela Lakshmi, Sathya Murthy's wife and Chandra Murthy's mother
- Srikant Murali as Charles David, Sagar's friend-turned-foe
- Gnaneswari Kandregula as Kiran Reddy
- Rohini as Madhavi Avudhuri, Sagar's mother
- Anish Kuruvilla as Anand Varma Avudhuri, Sagar's father
- Chaitanya Garikipati as Constable Ranga, Assistant to Kranthi
- Ayush Agarwal as Konidela Sathya, Chandra Murthy's son and Sathya Murthy's grand son; a journalist aspirant.
- Teja Kakumanu as Tapas, Amrutha's husband
- Nalla Sridhar Reddy as Koti, Truck driver
- Kamakshi Bhaskarla as Kala, Koti's wife
- Gururaj Manepalli as Priya's father and Sagar's father-in-law.
Episodes
| Series | Episodes | Originally released | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First released | Last released | |||
| 1 | 8 | 1 December 2023 | TBA | |
Season 1 (2023)
| No. | Title | Directed and Written by | Release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Puzzle" by | Vikram Kumar | 1 December 2023 |
| 2 | "Editorial Cartoon" | 1 December 2023 | |
| 3 | "Horoscope" | 1 December 2023 | |
| 4 | "Crime Report" | 1 December 2023 | |
| 5 | "Page 3" | 1 December 2023 | |
| 6 | "This Day, That Year" | 1 December 2023 | |
| 7 | "Continued on Page 6" | 1 December 2023 | |
| 8 | "Headlines" | 1 December 2023 |
References
- ^ "Naga Chaitanya Debuts OTT Realm with Dhootha on Prime Video". 27 November 2023.
- ^ "Naga Chaitanya's debut series Dhootha gets release date". 15 November 2023.
- ^ "Naga Chaitanya's OTT debut 'Dhootha' release date out. See new poster". India Today. 15 November 2023.
- ^ Bureau, The Hindu (23 November 2023). "'Dhootha' trailer: Naga Chaitanya as an investigative journalist in Vikram Kumar's web series". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
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