Dhootha Explained
Dhootha 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
- 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
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 | |
Notes and References
- Web site: Naga Chaitanya Debuts OTT Realm with Dhootha on Prime Video. 27 November 2023 .
- Web site: Naga Chaitanya's debut series Dhootha gets release date. 15 November 2023.
- Web site: Naga Chaitanya's OTT debut 'Dhootha' release date out. See new poster. India Today. 15 November 2023 .
- News: 'Dhootha' trailer: Naga Chaitanya as an investigative journalist in Vikram Kumar's web series. The Hindu. Bureau. The Hindu . 23 November 2023. www.thehindu.com.
