High Priestess (TV series)

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High Priestess
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Official poster
Genre Mystery
Thriller
Created byPushpa Ignatius
Screenplay by
  • Pushpa Ignatius
  • Shashank Srivastav(Dialogues)
Directed byPushpa Ignatius
Starring
ComposerGopal Rao Paranandi
Country of originIndia
Original languageTelugu
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer
  • Ram Ganesan
Producers
Production locationIndia
Cinematography Soundararajan
EditorRichard Kevin. A
Production companyTribal Horse Entertainment
Original release
Network Zee5
Release25 April 2019 (2019-04-25)

High Priestess is an Indian Telugu-language thriller web series by Pushpa Ignatius that premiered on ZEE5 on 25 April 2019. [1] It is directed by Ignatius and stars Amala Akkineni and Kishore Kumar. [1]

Contents

Promotion

The series was announced with six other Telugu ZEE5 Originals in November 2018 [2] which also marks debut of Amala Akkineni into web series. On 5 April 2019, the first look of Amala was released on Social media. [3] Following the first look, trailer was released the following week and garnered good response. [4] [5]

Plot

The series around Swathi Reddy, a renowned Tarot reader who experiences the pasts of her clients. There are total of seven stories which are spread across eight episodes. [6] During these stories the past of Swathi is revealed.

Cast

Main

Recurring

Guests

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date [6]
1"Maya"Pushpa IgnatiusPushpa (Screenplay) and Shashank (Dialogues)April 25, 2019 (2019-04-25)
Swathi founds herself in midst of a missing person's case. Her capabilities are revealed.
2"Ruby"Pushpa IgnatiusPushpa (Screenplay) and Shashank (Dialogues)April 25, 2019 (2019-04-25)
Swathi surprises after seeing her old college friend, Vikram and starts narrating the story of Ruby an air hostess who lost her beauty charm after marriage.
3"Vanity"Pushpa IgnatiusPushpa (Screenplay) and Shashank (Dialogues)April 25, 2019 (2019-04-25)
Ruby unleashes an ancient demon in the search of eternal beauty. She comes to Swathi Reddy begging for help which may lead to exorcism.
4"12:15"Pushpa IgnatiusPushpa (Screenplay) and Shashank (Dialogues)April 25, 2019 (2019-04-25)
Swathi and Vikram goes through their old memories. She starts talking about her first case in which Siddharth was haunted by numbers and how she solved it.
5"Vengeance"Pushpa IgnatiusPushpa (Screenplay) and Shashank (Dialogues)April 25, 2019 (2019-04-25)
Swathi and Vikram talk about their short-lived relationship. As Swathi reached for something a coconut falls out. Vikram was curious to know about it. Swathi starts narrating a lawyer's story which seems funny at the start but takes an interesting twist.
6"Innocence"Pushpa IgnatiusPushpa (Screenplay) and Shashank (Dialogues)April 25, 2019 (2019-04-25)
This a tale of a suburban couple Ram, Vaishnavi and their kid Abhinav moves into a house that has a tinge of paranormal history and the events drags Swathi into this ordeal.
7"Friends"Pushpa IgnatiusPushpa (Screenplay) and Shashank (Dialogues)April 25, 2019 (2019-04-25)
Swathi and Vikram grow closer when Krishna arrives at their doorstep. A new tale about Radhika, Varun and Krishna and their friendship start.
8"Into the light"Pushpa IgnatiusPushpa (Screenplay) and Shashank (Dialogues)April 25, 2019 (2019-04-25)
Radhika's spirit continues to appear for Krishna. Swathi helps Krishna and get Vikram to speak about their relationship openly.

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