Athidhi

Story:

Athidhi written and directed by Bharath Y.G., Venu Thottempudi, who recently made his comeback on the silver screen, is now back with his OTT debut series the show stars Avanthika Mishra, Venkatesh Kakumanu, and Aditi Gautam in other vital roles. The series is currently streaming on Disney Plus Hotstar in multiple Indian languages. Let’s see how it is.

On the whole, Athidhi is a half-baked horror thriller that has a few moments going its way. Venu Thottempudi, Avanthika Mishra, and Venkatesh Kakamanu gave good performances. Kapil Kumar’s background score is neat, and the impact of a few scenes got better due to his score.

Ravi Varma (Venu Thottempudi), a writer, lives in a mansion along with his paralyzed wife, Sandhya (Aditi Gautam). On a rainy night, a mysterious woman named Maaya (Avanthika Mishra) comes to Ravi’s house and asks the latter if she can stay in the mansion that night. Ravi agrees to the same and lets her in. On the other hand, a YouTuber named Savari (Venkatesh Kakamanu), who generally makes videos on ghost hunting, gets petrified after seeing a ghost.

He, too, seeks shelter at Ravi’s mansion. Savari sees Maaya there, and he believes she is not a human but, indeed, a ghost. He suggests to Ravi that they should leave the mansion soon to save their lives. Who is this Maaya? What is the mystery around her? What did Ravi and Savari do then? This is what the series is about.