Dhootha (transl. The 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]


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.