Dhootha

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. 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]} In June 2024, it was announced that the series is renewed for a new season. ^[5]

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
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

1. "Naga Chaitanya Debuts OTT Realm with Dhootha on Prime Video". 27 November 2023.
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. 15 November 2023.
4. 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.{{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
5. "Telugu Amazon Prime Video series, movies to look forward to in 2024: Ustad Bhagath Singh to Dhootha 2". OTTPlay. Retrieved 8 August 2025.

External links

• Dhootha at IMDb