Dhootha
GenreNeo noir
Crime thriller
Created byVikram Kumar
Written byVikram Kumar
Venkat D. Pati
Poorna Pragna
Sripal Reddy
N. G. Thomas
Venkatesh Dondapati
Directed byVikram K. Kumar
StarringNaga Chaitanya
Srikanth Murali
Parvathy Thiruvothu
Prachi Desai
Anish Kuruvilla
Tharun Bhascker
Rohini
Tanikella Bharani
Priya Bhavani Shankar
Pasupathy
ComposerIshaan Chhabra
Country of originIndia
Original languageTelugu
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8
Production
ProducersSharrath Marar
Vikram Kumar
Production locationIndia
CinematographyMikolaj Sygula
EditorNaveen Nooli
Running time43–53 Minutes
Production companyNorthstar Entertainment
Original release
NetworkAmazon Prime Video
Release1 December 2023 (2023-12-01)

Dhootha (transl.The Messenger) is an Indian Telugu-language horror mystery thriller television series on 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

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 Garikapati 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

SeriesEpisodesOriginally released
181 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

  1. "Naga Chaitanya Debuts OTT Realm with Dhootha on Prime Video".
  2. "Naga Chaitanya's debut series Dhootha gets release date". 15 November 2023.
  3. "Naga Chaitanya's OTT debut 'Dhootha' release date out. See new poster". India Today.
  4. Bureau, The Hindu (23 November 2023). "'Dhootha' trailer: Naga Chaitanya as an investigative journalist in Vikram Kumar's web series" via www.thehindu.com.
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