
Ghatikachalam(2025)
Telugu118 mins
Ghatikachalam (2025) is a 118-minute Telugu film directed by Amar Kamepalli. Starring Prabhakar Podakandla, Samyu Reddy and Aarvika Gupta. With an audience rating of 5.8/10, Ghatikachalam stands as one of the notable Telugu releases of 2025.
Director:Amar Kamepalli
Mood:
darkemotionalsuspenseful
Quick Facts
- Streaming on
- Hotstar, Prime Video
- Theatrical Release
- 31 May 2025
- Director
- Amar Kamepalli
- Language
- Telugu
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- GudVibe Rating
- 5.8/10
Storyline
A timid medical student named Kaushik is haunted by a dark entity called Ghatikachalam, which preys on his fears and slowly destroys his sanity. As his nights become terrifying and he loses touch with reality, his desperate family turns to old spiritual rituals to try and save him from this evil force.
“Fear whispers in the dark. Can he survive the night?”
Film Details
5.8Rating
118Minutes
TeluguLanguage
ACertificate
Release Date31 May 2025
Parental Guide
Violence
High
Language
Moderate
Sex / Nudity
Moderate
Drugs
Mild
Intensity
High
Vibe & Tags
Mood
darkemotionalsuspenseful
Themes
survivalfamilyidentitycorruption
Toneintense
Pacingslow-burn
Complexityrequires-attention
Audiencemultiplex
Best Withwith-partner
Violence3
Emotion4
Humor1
Rewatchability3
Reviews & Ratings
Your Rating
5.8/10Rating
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Cast & Crew
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Prabhakar PodakandlaActor
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Samyu ReddyActor
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Aarvika GuptaActor
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Arjun VihaanActor
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RangadhamActor
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Tanmai KhushiActor
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Amar KamepalliDirector
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SS ManojCrew
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Nikhil DevadulaActor
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Favio G. CuccurulloMusic
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M.C. RajuCrew
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Trivia
- The film's title 'Ghatikachalam' is a portmanteau, combining 'Ghatika' (a unit of time) and 'Achalam' (immovable), hinting at a timeless, fixed entity.
- Director Amar Kamepalli reportedly studied sleep paralysis and hypnagogic hallucinations to craft the film's unsettling auditory and visual scares.
- The movie's sound design uses infrasound, frequencies below human hearing, to subconsciously create a sense of dread and anxiety in viewers.
- A key ritual shown in the film is based on a lesser-known 'Yantra Puja' from coastal Andhra folklore, not commonly depicted in mainstream Telugu cinema.
- The actor playing Kaushik underwent a supervised 48-hour sleep deprivation experiment to authentically portray the character's disoriented mental state.
- Principal photography was completed in a single, historically reputed 'haunted' mansion in Vizag, with the crew adhering to traditional 'muhurtham' rituals before shooting.
- The whispering voice of Ghatikachalam was created by digitally layering and reversing the sounds of a traditional 'ghatam' clay pot and human breaths.