There is always a slippery slope with horror dramas because either the film will click or it will mercilessly fail. Mansion 24 and Athidi are examples of horror dramas in Telugu cinema with poor storytelling and execution. Dhootha could also be included in this list because there is no end to the absurdity that takes place in the name of journalism in the film. Dhootha, loosely translated to Messenger, is a Telugu-language Prime Video India original directed by Vikram K. Kumar, released on November 30, 2023. This is the story of a strange phenomenon witnessed by a reputed journalist and subsequently affecting his personal life.
This eight-episode-long show is about Sagar Varma, a renowned journalist who comes across various newspaper cuttings that explain the approaching deaths of his family in detail. As one incident after another takes place, the man is afraid to lose his family. He was also a witness to his ex-best friend,...
This eight-episode-long show is about Sagar Varma, a renowned journalist who comes across various newspaper cuttings that explain the approaching deaths of his family in detail. As one incident after another takes place, the man is afraid to lose his family. He was also a witness to his ex-best friend,...
- 12/2/2023
- by Smriti Kannan
- Film Fugitives
If you haven’t heard of the Telugu-language horror show Mansion 24, then check out our rant, sorry, review to learn more about it. On the other hand, if you’re left confused or just plain disappointed by the end, then we’ll try and explain some things to make it a little more digestible. The series has six episodes lasting 30 minutes each, so it’s bingeable in half a day. Although each episode tells a different story, like an anthology, there’s one central plotline that is meant to continue throughout the series. We’re introduced to Amrutha, the daughter of esteemed archaeologist and traitor Kalidas, who is believed to have escaped with an important finding. Amrutha is on the hunt to find out the truth about her father, and on the way, she meets an interesting man—the security guard of the abandoned “mansion.” To get to the...
- 10/18/2023
- by Ruchika Bhat
- Film Fugitives
Ohmkar’s new Telugu-language “horror” show Mansion 24 is a 6-part drama that fails to make any kind of impression. Not only is it completely unoriginal, but even with its ensemble cast, it is a snooze fest that is as shallow as the mindset behind some of its subplots. Mansion 24 follows the story of investigative journalist Amrutha, whose father has just gone missing after visiting an infamous abandoned mansion. Her task is to figure out where he is and bring him back home to her bedridden mother. Amrutha meets the security guard of the building, who entertains her with some stories for 5 days about different flats in the building where terrifying things happen. How does all of this connect to her father’s story? We find out by the end of the first season. Firstly, the title of this show makes no sense. There’s no mansion; there’s...
- 10/17/2023
- by Ruchika Bhat
- Film Fugitives
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