1. Masooda
Release Date – 21st December on AHA
Cast – Thiruveer, Karthik Adusumilli, Kavya Kalyanram
The film Masooda is a horror drama movie. Directed by Sai Kiran, it is based on the story of Gopi (Thiruveer), a soft spoken and timid software engineer. Gopi starts loving his colleague Minni (Kavya Kalyan Ram) but he never gains the courage to interact directly with her. Neelam, playing the role of a music teacher lives in Gopi’s neighborhood and she is separated already from her husband.
Neelam lives with her daughter Bandhavi Sridhar (played by Nazia Haasan). She faces a struggle to move forward but equally this is a challenging thing for her. At this juncture, Neelam’s daughter gets possessed by a ghost called Masooda. After this, Gopi decides to support Neelam to get her out of this situation.
2. Kaari
Release Date – 23rd December on AHA
Cast – M. Sasikumar, Parvathy Arun, Ramkumar Ganesan, J. D. Chakravarthy, Aadukalam Naren, Balaji Sakthivel, Ammu Abhirami, Nagineedu, Redin Kingsley, Prem Kumar, Namo Narayana, Samyuktha Shanmuganathan, and Arunmozhithevan
The story of Kaari revolves around three main characters, namely Sethu (Sasikumar), who plays the role of a champion jockey, SKR (J. D. Chakravarthy) who is a wealthy businessman and Meena (Parvathy Arun), essaying the role of a sweet village girl. Their paths cross when Sethu comes to Meena’s village to take part in a local race. However, this village race is not for ordinary folks because the competitors are jockeying bulls and not horses!
3. Butterfly
Release Date – 29th December 2022 on Disney+Hotstar
Cast – Parul Yadav, Elli Avram, Bhargavi Narayan, Varun Shashi Rao, and Sudha Belawadi
Butterfly is a Kannada comedy that has been dubbed in Telugu. This movie marks the directorial venture of popular actor Ramesh Aravind and it is produced by Manu Kumaran. The film is a remake of the 2013 Hindi superhit film Queen by Vikas Bahl. This movie was picturized simultaneously in Tamil as Paris Paris. The film Butterfly is a fresh take on the old “fish out of water” story, which is expected to impress the audiences. Ramesh Aravind has handled the film well bringing this story to life.
After the last week of December, the exciting news for OTT viewers in Telugu is that Hit – The Second Case and Itlu Maredumilli Prajaneekam are gearing up for a release in January 2023.
