Bakasura Restaurant

Bakasura Restaurant (బకాసుర రెస్టారెంట్) is a 2025 Telugu horror comedy written and directed by SJ Shiva, led by comedian Praveen with Harsha Chemudu (Viva Harsha) in the title role. Produced by SJ Movies with music by Vikas Badisa, it opened in theatres on 8 August 2025, runs 158 minutes, and streams on Prime Video in India.

What the story is about

Paramesh, a software employee, dreams of opening his own restaurant and saves hard for it while sharing a house with four friends who mostly live off his salary. To make quick money the group starts shooting ghost-hunting videos for YouTube. At one shoot in an old palace they find a book on black magic, and soon groceries begin vanishing from their kitchen every night, wherever they hide them. A wish the five make brings them face to face with the hungry force behind it.

Cast and characters

• Praveen as Paramesh
• Harsha Chemudu as Bakka Suri, “Bakasura”
• Jai Krishna as Palli, Vivek Dandu as Vamana, Amar Lathu as Sai and Ram Patas as Bhargav
• Shining Phani as Anji, Ramya Priya as Varsha and Prachi Thakur as Mounika
• Srikanth Iyengar as Chakravarthy and Krishna Bhagavan as the hotel manager
• Ramachandra Raju, Jabardasth Apparao and Tenali Shakuntala as Suramma

Crew and music

• Writer and director: SJ Shiva; production: SJ Movies
• Songs and background score: Vikas Badisa. The first single, “Jathiyam”, came out on 29 May 2025.

Release and reception

Bakasura Restaurant released in theatres on 8 August 2025. The Times of India wrote that it “entertains in patches and features a few engaging performances, but the execution never quite matches the freshness of its premise”. OTTplay called it a horror comedy that “works in parts”, with an interesting start and good comedy, and Andhra Jyothi rated it 2.5 out of 5 with a similar view. No box-office figure is on record from a cited source.

Where to watch Bakasura Restaurant

According to Wikipedia, the film arrived on Amazon Prime Video and Sun NXT on 8 September 2025, a month after its theatrical release. TMDB’s watch-provider data for India (from JustWatch) lists it on Prime Video. The OTT box on this page shows the current status and its source.

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Sources: the Wikipedia article on Bakasura Restaurant and the reviews it cites; TMDB watch providers for India; our own cast, crew, release and OTT records.