Telugu actor Naga Chaitanya is set to make his streaming debut with supernatural thriller series Dhootha. Featuring an ensemble cast including Parvathy Thiruvothu, Priya Bhavani Shankar and Prachi Desai, the series will arrive on Amazon Prime Video on December 1.
In the eight episode series, Chaitanya essays Sagar, a successful and ambitious journalist who finds himself surrounded by mysterious events and gruesome deaths. The Telugu original directed by Vikram K Kumar and Sharrat Marar will also be available in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam.
Aparna Purohit, head of Originals, India and Southeast Asia, Prime Video, described Dhootha as an atmospheric, supernatural thriller. This marks the thrid collaboration betweenChaitanya and Kumar after Telugu films Manam and Thank You.
Chaitanya was last seen on the big screen in Custody, Telugu-Tamil bilingual action drama directed by Venkat Prabhu.