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]
| Dhootha | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Neo noir Crime thriller |
| Created by | Vikram K. Kumar |
| Written by | Vikram K. Kumar Venkat D. Pati Poorna Pragna Sripal Reddy Naveen George Thomas Venkatesh Dondapati |
| Directed by | Vikram K. Kumar |
| Starring | Naga Chaitanya Srikanth Murali Parvathy Thiruvothu Prachi Desai Anish Kuruvilla Tharun Bhascker Rohini Tanikella Bharani Priya Bhavani Shankar Pasupathy |
| Composer | Ishaan Chhabra |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Telugu |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Sharrath Marar Vikram K. Kumar |
| Production location | India |
| Cinematography | Mikolaj Sygula |
| Editor | Naveen Nooli |
| Running time | 43–53 Minutes |
| Production company | Northstar Entertainment |
| Original release | |
| Network | Amazon Prime Video |
| Release | 1 December 2023 |
Cast
edit- Prominent Leads
- Naga Chaitanya as Sagar Varma Avudhuri, Chief Editor of "Samachar"
- Pasupathy as Konidela Sathya Murthy, a freedom fighter, founder and Chief Editor of "Dhutha."
- 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 grand father and Anand's father.
- Jeevan Kumar as SI Ramana Ghosh, Ajay Ghosh's grand father.
- Tanikella Bharani as MLA Raghavayya, DCP Kranthi Shenoy‘s great-grandfather
- Raghu Kunche as Chief Minister Chakravarthy Veerula.
- Supporting Leads.
- 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
edit| Series | Episodes | Originally released | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 1 December 2023 | ||
Season 1 (2023)
edit| 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
edit- ^ "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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