New Delhi: The trailer of actor Naga Chaitanya’s OTT debut series ‘Dhootha’ was released on Thursday. Touted as a compelling supernatural suspense-thriller, Dhootha is set to premiere on Prime Video on December 1.
The eight-episode series features a stellar ensemble cast including Parvathy Thiruvothu, Priya Bhavani Shankar, and Prachi Desai in pivotal roles.
The trailer gives the audience a glimpse into the dark and dangerous twists and turns that journalist Sagar’s (Naga Chaitanya Akkineni) life takes when clippings of newspapers start predicting horrible accidents that befall the people around him. Death starts to follow people around Sagar, as he discovers shreds of newspapers predicting horrific incidents that go beyond his worst nightmare. The investigative journalist realizes he must find a way to stop these unfortunate events before he runs out of time.
Talking about his OTT series debut Naga said, “The unique concept of the series complemented by the experience of working with Vikram and the entire team has been extremely fulfilling and enriching for me as an actor, and I am thrilled to be making my streaming debut with a series as intriguing and distinct as Dhootha. With a character as layered as Sagar’s in such a poignant story, I reckoned that I would be stepping out of my comfort zone and challenging myself in a way I haven’t done before. While it is a fictional story, Dhootha is thought-provoking, as it makes the audience rethink choices and decisions from their own life. And I am confident that my fans as well as ardent followers of the thriller genre will be on their toes as they watch and enjoy the series on Prime Video.”
Parvathy Thiruvothu, who is playing a cop in the series said that it has been a challenging and exhilarating experience for her.
“As I delved deeper to understand the complexities, vulnerabilities, and strengths of my character, I realized that the series goes beyond just the hunt for a criminal, and turns into a mind-bending cat and mouse chase between a law enforcement officer and a journalist. For my very first Telugu project, I am thrilled to have worked with Vikram, Naga Chaitanya and the rest of the team of such talented professionals both in front and behind the camera, and I can’t wait to see the audiences’ reaction to the series,” she said in a statemeny.
Prachi Desai, who is making her Telugu debut with the series, said, “Dhootha has been an exciting Telugu debut and very rewarding. Vikram has written such powerful, impact-making women characters playing integral roles in the series, that have hardly ever been explored in mainstream entertainment. My character Amrutha is not only a colleague but also a confidant of Sagar, who gets embroiled in the unexplainable happenings that follow Sagar and everyone he knows. I am certain that the audience will not be able to predict the twists and turns that unravel over the course of the series.”