Dhootha

{{Infobox television

| native_name =

| image = Dhootha.jpg

| caption =

| director = Vikram K. Kumar

| producer = Sharrath Marar
Vikram K. Kumar

| company = Northstar Entertainment

| based_on =

| creator = Vikram K. Kumar

| narrator =

| writer = Vikram K. Kumar
Venkat D. Pati
Poorna Pragna
Sripal Reddy
Naveen George Thomas
Venkatesh Dondapati

| starring = Naga Chaitanya
Srikanth Murali
Parvathy Thiruvothu
Prachi Desai
Anish Kuruvilla
Tharun Bhascker
Rohini
Tanikella Bharani
Priya Bhavani Shankar
Pasupathy

| composer = Ishaan Chhabra

| cinematography = Mikolaj Sygula

| editor = Naveen Nooli

| location = India

| runtime = 43–53 Minutes

| genre = Neo noir
Crime thriller

| country = India

| language = Telugu

| num_seasons = 1

| num_episodes = 8

| released = {{Start date|2023|12|01|df=yes}}

| network = Amazon Prime Video

}}

Dhootha ({{Translation|The Messenger}}) is an Indian Telugu-language horror mystery thriller television series created and directed by Vikram Kumar.{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/ott/271123/naga-chaitanya-debuts-ott-realm-with-dhootha-on-prime-video.html|title=Naga Chaitanya Debuts OTT Realm with Dhootha on Prime Video|date=27 November 2023 }} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/telugu/naga-chaitanyas-debut-series-dhootha-gets-release-date-9027484/|title=Naga Chaitanya's debut series Dhootha gets release date|date=15 November 2023}} The series premiered on 1 December 2023 on Amazon Prime Video.{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/naga-chaitanya-ott-debut-dhootha-release-date-out-see-new-poster-2463125-2023-11-15|title=Naga Chaitanya's OTT debut 'Dhootha' release date out. See new poster|website=India Today|date=15 November 2023 }}{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/dhootha-trailer-naga-chaitanya-as-an-investigative-journalist-in-vikram-kumars-web-series/article67564634.ece|title='Dhootha' trailer: Naga Chaitanya as an investigative journalist in Vikram Kumar's web series|first=The Hindu|last=Bureau|newspaper=The Hindu |date=23 November 2023|via=www.thehindu.com}}

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.