High Priestess (TV series)
Appearance
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Genre | Mystery Thriller |
Created by | Pushpa Ignatius |
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Directed by | Pushpa Ignatius |
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Composer | Gopal Rao Paranandi |
Country of origin | India |
Original language | Telugu |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 8 (list of episodes) |
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Production location | India |
Cinematography | Soundararajan |
Editor | Richard Kevin. A |
Production company | Tribal Horse Entertainment |
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Network | Zee5 |
Release | 25 April 2019 |
High Priestess is an Indian Telugu-language thriller web series by Pushpa Ignatius that premiered on ZEE5 on 25 April 2019.[1] It is directed by Ignatius and stars Amala Akkineni and Kishore Kumar.[1]
Promotion
The series was announced with six other Telugu ZEE5 Originals in November 2018[2] which also marks debut of Amala Akkineni into web series. On 5 April 2019, the first look of Amala was released on Social media.[3] Following the first look, trailer was released the following week and garnered good response.[4] [5]
Plot
The series around Swathi Reddy, a renowned Tarot reader who experiences the pasts of her clients. There are total of seven stories which are spread across eight episodes.[6] During these stories the past of Swathi is revealed.
Cast
Main
- Amala Akkineni as Swathi Reddy, a Tarot reader
- Kishore Kumar as Vikram, Swathi's friend
Recurring
- Aadhav Kannadasan as young Vikram
- Bhavani Sre as young Swathi Reddy
- Monisha Duraibabu as Sneha Reddy, Swathi's daughter
Guests
- Vijayalakshmi as Pooja
- Nandini Rai as Ruby
- Brahmaji as Lawyer
- Sunaina as Radhika
- Varalaxmi Sarathkumar as Vaishnavi
- Siddhartha Shankar as Ruby's husband
Episodes
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date [6] | |
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1 | "Maya" | Pushpa Ignatius | Pushpa (Screenplay) and Shashank (Dialogues) | April 25, 2019 | |
Swathi founds herself in midst of a missing person's case. Her capabilities are revealed. | |||||
2 | "Ruby" | Pushpa Ignatius | Pushpa (Screenplay) and Shashank (Dialogues) | April 25, 2019 | |
Swathi surprises after seeing her old college friend, Vikram and starts narrating the story of Ruby an air hostess who lost her beauty charm after marriage. | |||||
3 | "Vanity" | Pushpa Ignatius | Pushpa (Screenplay) and Shashank (Dialogues) | April 25, 2019 | |
Ruby unleashes an ancient demon in the search of eternal beauty. She comes to Swathi Reddy begging for help which may lead to exorcism. | |||||
4 | "12:15" | Pushpa Ignatius | Pushpa (Screenplay) and Shashank (Dialogues) | April 25, 2019 | |
Swathi and Vikram goes through their old memories. She starts talking about her first case in which Siddharth was haunted by numbers and how she solved it. | |||||
5 | "Vengeance" | Pushpa Ignatius | Pushpa (Screenplay) and Shashank (Dialogues) | April 25, 2019 | |
Swathi and Vikram talk about their short-lived relationship. As Swathi reached for something a coconut falls out. Vikram was curious to know about it. Swathi starts narrating a lawyer's story which seems funny at the start but takes an interesting twist. | |||||
6 | "Innocence" | Pushpa Ignatius | Pushpa (Screenplay) and Shashank (Dialogues) | April 25, 2019 | |
This a tale of a suburban couple Ram, Vaishnavi and their kid Abhinav moves into a house that has a tinge of paranormal history and the events drags Swathi into this ordeal. | |||||
7 | "Friends" | Pushpa Ignatius | Pushpa (Screenplay) and Shashank (Dialogues) | April 25, 2019 | |
Swathi and Vikram grow closer when Krishna arrives at their doorstep. A new tale about Radhika, Varun and Krishna and their friendship start. | |||||
8 | "Into the light" | Pushpa Ignatius | Pushpa (Screenplay) and Shashank (Dialogues) | April 25, 2019 | |
Radhika's spirit continues to appear for Krishna. Swathi helps Krishna and get Vikram to speak about their relationship openly. |
References
- ^ a b Devi Dundoo, Sangeetha (18 April 2019). "Meet the 'High Priestess'". The Hindu. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
- ^ "Zee5 Launches Latest Telugu Originals". Telugu Bullet. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
- ^ Murali, Aarthi (8 April 2019). "First-Look Of Amala Akkineni's 'The High Priestess' Releases". Silverscreen India. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
- ^ "Amala's High Priestess Trailer Impresses!". 11 April 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
- ^ "'High Priestess' review: A paranormal web series that rides on Amala". The News Minute. 30 April 2019.
- ^ a b Ramachandran, Mythily (24 April 2019). "Telugu web series 'High Priestess' explores psychic world". Gulf News. Retrieved 16 May 2019.