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Show Time
షో టైమ్
Show Time release date: 4 July 2025 (theatres). Directed by Madhankumar Dhakshinamoorthy; starring Naveen Chandra, Naresh and Kamakshi Bhaskarla.
- Film release
- 4 July 2025 · All 2025 films
- Director
- Madhankumar Dhakshinamoorthy
- Music
- Shekar Chandra
- Production
- SkyLine Movies
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Language
- Telugu
OTT release
Streaming now on ZEE5; no start date is on file (the platform does not publish one).
Film release: 4 July 2025 · all 2025 Telugu films.
Tracker check recorded: 11 November 2026, 16:05 IST. This timestamp alone does not establish a fresh, direct platform check; see the source below.
Source: ZEE5 (platform listing), checked 16 October 2026. Only what the source states is shown.
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Show Time is a 2025 Telugu thriller written and directed by Madhankumar Dhakshinamoorthy, a remake of his own Tamil film Noodles (2023). Naveen Chandra plays Surya, a family man whose noisy night at home with friends turns into a quarrel with a police inspector, and then into much bigger trouble after a freak accident. Naresh and Kamakshi Bhaskarla co-star. It opened in theatres on 4 July 2025 and streams on ZEE5.
What the story is about
One night Surya is having fun at home with friends and the neighbourhood children when CI Lakshmi Kanth (Raja Ravindra) arrives to warn them about the noise. The warning turns into an argument, with Surya and his wife Shanthi (Kamakshi Bhaskarla) standing up to the inspector, and he leaves. Over the next few days, suspicious things start to happen around the couple, and a freak accident multiplies their problems. The film mixes suspense with humour; we stop at the set-up here.
Cast and characters
- Naveen Chandra as Surya
- Kamakshi Bhaskarla as Shanthi
- Naresh as Advocate Varada Rajulu
- Raja Ravindra as CI Lakshmi Kanth
- Manik Reddy as Venkat Rao and Prabhavathi Varma as Shanthi’s mother
Crew
- Writer-director: Madhankumar Dhakshinamoorthy, remaking his Tamil film Noodles (2023)
Release and reception
Show Time was released on 4 July 2025. Critics liked the premise more than the execution. BH Harsh of Cinema Express rated it 2.5 out of 5, writing that it swings between “a tense atmospheric thriller” and “a bland narrative where things often get stagnant”. The Hindu felt the premise had potential but was let down by the screenplay, and Shreya Varanasi of The Times of India called it “an intense crime thriller weighed down by a stretched screenplay”. We have not found a box-office figure from a reliable named outlet, so none is given here.
Where to watch Show Time
Show Time is listed on ZEE5, which does not publish a streaming start date. Wikipedia reports that it was released on Amazon Prime Video and Sun NXT on 25 July 2025.
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Sources: the Wikipedia article on Show Time and the reviews it summarises; our own cast, crew, release and OTT records.
Trailer from the official YouTube channel of AK Entertainments, published 24 Jun 2025.
Cast
Additional cast
Further acting credits recorded for this film; voice-only and dubbing credits are excluded.
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