Agadha

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Agadha is a 2026 Telugu supernatural thriller written and directed by M. S. Raju under the Sri Adi Varaha Productions banner, with Kamakshi Bhaskarla in the lead as Mahadevi. Shravan Reddy, Ulka Gupta, Jovika Vijayakumar and Vanitha Vijayakumar play the other main roles. It opened in theatres on 14 August 2026 with an A (adults only) certificate, and has been streaming on ZEE5 since 25 September 2026.

What the story is about

Mahadevi is a yogini with divine powers who frees people from spirit possession. While two writers, Manasa and Sanjay, are interviewing her about her past, she senses that her family is in danger and returns to her village near the Andhra Pradesh–Odisha border. Her cousin Mahima has taken her own life after warning that more spirits will come for the family, and the trouble leads back to a trip that Mahima’s boyfriend Simha and their friend Bablu made into a cave in a forest in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region. Mahadevi has to find out what Agadha is and why it is targeting her family.

Cast

• Kamakshi Bhaskarla as Mahadevi
• Shravan Reddy as Simha / Saleem
• Ulka Gupta as Mahima
• Jovika Vijayakumar as Harini
• Vanitha Vijayakumar as Sushila
• Shreya Rani Reddy as Manasa and Roshan Basheer as Sanjay
• Bhanu Chander as Mahadevi’s uncle, and Viva Raghava as Bablu

Making and music

M. S. Raju, best known as the producer of hits such as Okkadu and Varsham, has stepped away from production to focus on directing, as Cinema Express notes; his other films as director are listed on his page. The first-look teaser came out on 30 April 2026, and the makers held a promotional event at the Balkampet Yellamma Temple for Bonam in July 2026. Rakesh Venkatapuram composed the songs and score.

What critics said

The Hindu found it visually arresting and staged with flair, with Kamakshi Bhaskarla at home in the lead, but felt the writing reduces many characters, especially the women, to binaries. Cinema Express called it technically good with a few thrills here and there. The Times of India gave it 2/5, and Hindustan Times, Sakshi Post and News18 Telugu each gave 2.75/5, according to the film’s Wikipedia article. 123telugu wrote that it failed to make the impact its promotions promised in cinemas.

Agadha OTT release

Agadha has been streaming on ZEE5 since 25 September 2026, the premiere date 123telugu reported and Cinema Express listed among that week’s South Indian OTT releases. The Agadha OTT page shows the platform with its source and when we last checked it.

Sources: the Wikipedia article; reviews in The Hindu and Cinema Express (14 August 2026); OTT reports in 123telugu and Cinema Express; our own release and OTT records.