Dhootha
Dhootha 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. In June 2024, it was announced that the series is renewed for a new season.
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.
- 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.