| 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 (2023-12-01) |
Dhootha (transl. The Messenger) is an Indian Telugu-language horror mystery thriller television series created and directed by Vikram Kumar. 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. The series premiered on 1 December 2023 on Amazon Prime Video.
Cast
- 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
| Series | Episodes | Originally released | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 1 December 2023 (2023-12-01) | ||
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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