Paanch Minar

Paanch Minar (పాంచ్ మినార్, “Five Minarets”) is a 2025 Telugu crime comedy written and directed by Ram Kadumula, starring Raj Tarun as a cab driver who pretends to be deaf and Rashi Singh. It opened in theatres on 21 November 2025, runs 134 minutes, and streams on Prime Video.

What the story is about

Kittu has a software engineering degree but no software job. With his family and his girlfriend’s father pushing him to settle into steady work before any wedding, he quietly becomes a cab driver while telling everyone he is a software engineer. Because his company pays deaf drivers more, he also pretends to be deaf on duty. The act turns dangerous when two contract killers hire his cab, carry out a murder in front of him, and then, believing he cannot hear, talk openly about a stash of hidden money and their plan to get rid of him.

Cast and characters

• Raj Tarun as Krishan Chaitanya “Kittu”
• Rashi Singh as Khyathi
• Brahmaji as Koteswara Rao, Kittu’s father
• Ajay Ghosh as Murthy and Ravi Varma as the gangster Chotu
• Srinivasa Reddy as SI Sherlock Reddy and Nithin Prasanna as CI Govind Aiyer
• Sudharshan as Sesh, Kittu’s friend, and Sivannarayana Naripeddi as Khyathi’s father
• Aziz Naser and Nanda Gopal as the contract killers, with Fish Venkat as Chotu’s right-hand man

Crew and music

• Writer and director: Ram Kadumula
• Music and background score: Shekar Chandra
• Production: Connect Movies

Release and reception

Paanch Minar was released on 21 November 2025 and was received fairly well as a light entertainer. Suresh Kavirayani of Cinema Express gave it 3 out of 5, writing that “with a crisp runtime, steady humour, and a decent mix of thrills, it works well as a stress-buster”. Ramu Chinthakindhi of Times Now Telugu gave the same rating and liked Raj Tarun’s performance, and Hindustan Times Telugu also pointed to the screenplay and the lead performance. No box-office figure is on record from a cited source.

Where to watch Paanch Minar

Paanch Minar is available on Amazon Prime Video in India, according to the TMDB watch-provider listing (JustWatch data). No exact streaming start date is on record.

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Sources: the Wikipedia article on Paanch Minar and the reviews it cites; our own cast, crew, release and OTT records.