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''Aashram'' (English: Shrine) is an Indian
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-language
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web series directed by
Prakash Jha Prakash Jha (born 27 February 1952) is an Indian film producer, actor, director and screenwriter, mostly known for his political and socio-political films such as “Hip Hip Hurray” (1984), ''Damul'' (1984), ''Mrityudand'' (1997), ''Gangaaja ...
for
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original. It is produced by
Prakash Jha Prakash Jha (born 27 February 1952) is an Indian film producer, actor, director and screenwriter, mostly known for his political and socio-political films such as “Hip Hip Hurray” (1984), ''Damul'' (1984), ''Mrityudand'' (1997), ''Gangaaja ...
under Prakash Jha Productions. The series stars
Bobby Deol Vijay Singh Deol (born 27 January 1967) popularly known as Bobby Deol, is an Indian actor who works in Hindi cinema and web series. A member of the List of Hindi film families#Deol family, Deol family, he is the younger son of veteran actor Dhar ...
along with Aaditi Pohankar,
Darshan Kumar Darshan Gandas, known by his stage name Darshan Kumar, is an Indian actor who appears primarily in Hindi films. He made his debut with the film ''Mary Kom'' (2014), opposite Priyanka Chopra, as a male lead. He is best known for the 2022 film, ' ...
,
Chandan Roy Sanyal Chandan Roy Sanyal (born 30 January 1980) is an Indian actor who is known for his work in the Hindi and Bengali language films of India. After graduating with a degree in mathematics, he made his acting debut in the 2006 film ''Rang de Basanti' ...
,
Tushar Pandey Tushar Pandey (born 22 November 1991) is an Indian actor working predominantly in Bollywood. Graduate of National School of Drama and London International School of Performing Arts, he is best known for his role of ''Mummy'' in the 2019 film '' ...
,
Anupriya Goenka Anupria Goenka (born 29 May 1987) is an Indian actress and model who appears in Hindi and Telugu films. She first shot to fame in 2013 as the face of UPA government's ''Bharat Nirman''. Goenka made her on-screen debut with the 2013 Telugu film ...
,
Adhyayan Suman Adhyayan Suman (born 13 January 1988) is an Indian actor and singer who appears in Hindi language films. He debuted in 2008 with '' Haal–e–dil''. His second film was ''Raaz – The Mystery Continues'' was a semi-hit. Suman's was praised fo ...
, Vikram Kochhar,
Tridha Choudhury Tridha Choudhury is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Hindi series and films and Telugu films. She won the title, ''Clean & Clear Times of India Freshface 2011''. Her first movie was ''Mishawr Rawhoshyo'' in 2013, directed by Srij ...
,
Rajeev Siddhartha Rajeev Siddhartha (born 11 April 1986) is an Indian actor. His work spans productions across film, television, theatre and digital web series. Siddhartha began his career in 2007 with the film ''Dil Dosti Etc'' and received critical acclaim as ...
,
Sachin Shroff Sachin Shroff (born 17 December 1972) is a businessman and TV personality. He is an actor, anchor and dancer. He played Gyan in ''Har Ghar Kuch Kehta Hai'' and Arjun in ''Naaginn''. Other appearances include ''Sinndoor Tere Naam Ka'', '' Saat ...
,
Anurita Jha Anurita Jha (born 17 September 1986) is an Indian actress and model. She hails from Katihar, Bihar and was groomed and studied at Patna and Delhi (correspondence study). She has taken part in fashion weeks in Delhi as well as Mumbai. She made he ...
, Parinitaa Seth, Jahangir Khan, Kanupriya Gupta, Preeti Sood,Navdeep Tomar and Ayaan Aditya in key roles. It is written by Madhvi Bhatt, Avinash Kumar, Sanjay Masoomm, Tejpal Singh Rawat and Kuldeep Ruhil. Its first season was made available for streaming on OTT platform
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for
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from 28 August 2020. The second season of the series was released on MX Player on 11 November, 2020, with the third season following in June 2022, respectively. The series has been renewed for a fourth season in 2023.


Summary

The story revolves around a godman, Baba Nirala (
Bobby Deol Vijay Singh Deol (born 27 January 1967) popularly known as Bobby Deol, is an Indian actor who works in Hindi cinema and web series. A member of the List of Hindi film families#Deol family, Deol family, he is the younger son of veteran actor Dhar ...
), whose followers (mostly from the disadvantaged sections of the society) have blind faith in him and will do anything that he asks of them. In reality, he is a conman who ensures that his devotees devote their wealth to him and stay attached to his ashram for life. Politicians Hukum Singh (
Sachin Shroff Sachin Shroff (born 17 December 1972) is a businessman and TV personality. He is an actor, anchor and dancer. He played Gyan in ''Har Ghar Kuch Kehta Hai'' and Arjun in ''Naaginn''. Other appearances include ''Sinndoor Tere Naam Ka'', '' Saat ...
) and incumbent CM Sundar Lal (
Anil Rastogi Anil Rastogi is an Indian theatre, television and film actor. He is known for his roles in '' Udaan'', ''Ishaqzaade'' and '' Na Bole Tum Naa Maine Kuch Kaha''. He has over 600 theatre performances and was a former scientist of the Central Drug ...
) vie for Baba Nirala's support in the upcoming State Legislative Assembly Elections owing to his large number of followers for their vote bank politics, which only increase after a pop singer, Tinka Singh (
Adhyayan Suman Adhyayan Suman (born 13 January 1988) is an Indian actor and singer who appears in Hindi language films. He debuted in 2008 with '' Haal–e–dil''. His second film was ''Raaz – The Mystery Continues'' was a semi-hit. Suman's was praised fo ...
) decides to conduct tours with Baba Nirala to promote his new song. Meanwhile, SI Ujagar Singh (
Darshan Kumar Darshan Gandas, known by his stage name Darshan Kumar, is an Indian actor who appears primarily in Hindi films. He made his debut with the film ''Mary Kom'' (2014), opposite Priyanka Chopra, as a male lead. He is best known for the 2022 film, ' ...
) is a police officer who has little interest in his job and simply follows his seniors' orders, until he meets Dr. Natasha (
Anupriya Goenka Anupria Goenka (born 29 May 1987) is an Indian actress and model who appears in Hindi and Telugu films. She first shot to fame in 2013 as the face of UPA government's ''Bharat Nirman''. Goenka made her on-screen debut with the 2013 Telugu film ...
) in a case related to a skeleton found on the property of an industrial group which has good ties with Sundar Lal. Her constant pestering, along with the stubbornness of a small-time journalist Akhivendra Rathi alias Akki (
Rajeev Siddhartha Rajeev Siddhartha (born 11 April 1986) is an Indian actor. His work spans productions across film, television, theatre and digital web series. Siddhartha began his career in 2007 with the film ''Dil Dosti Etc'' and received critical acclaim as ...
) encourages him to take up this case, along with his assistant senior constable Sadhu Sharma (Vikram Kocchar).


Cast

*
Bobby Deol Vijay Singh Deol (born 27 January 1967) popularly known as Bobby Deol, is an Indian actor who works in Hindi cinema and web series. A member of the List of Hindi film families#Deol family, Deol family, he is the younger son of veteran actor Dhar ...
as Kashipur Waale Baba Nirala / Monty Singh *
Chandan Roy Sanyal Chandan Roy Sanyal (born 30 January 1980) is an Indian actor who is known for his work in the Hindi and Bengali language films of India. After graduating with a degree in mathematics, he made his acting debut in the 2006 film ''Rang de Basanti' ...
as Bhupendra “Bhopa Swami” Singh * Aaditi Pohankar as Parminder “Pammi” Lochan *
Tushar Pandey Tushar Pandey (born 22 November 1991) is an Indian actor working predominantly in Bollywood. Graduate of National School of Drama and London International School of Performing Arts, he is best known for his role of ''Mummy'' in the 2019 film '' ...
as Satwinder “Satti” Lochan *
Darshan Kumar Darshan Gandas, known by his stage name Darshan Kumar, is an Indian actor who appears primarily in Hindi films. He made his debut with the film ''Mary Kom'' (2014), opposite Priyanka Chopra, as a male lead. He is best known for the 2022 film, ' ...
as Sub-Inspector Ujagar Singh *
Anupriya Goenka Anupria Goenka (born 29 May 1987) is an Indian actress and model who appears in Hindi and Telugu films. She first shot to fame in 2013 as the face of UPA government's ''Bharat Nirman''. Goenka made her on-screen debut with the 2013 Telugu film ...
as Dr. Natasha Katariya *
Tridha Choudhury Tridha Choudhury is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Hindi series and films and Telugu films. She won the title, ''Clean & Clear Times of India Freshface 2011''. Her first movie was ''Mishawr Rawhoshyo'' in 2013, directed by Srij ...
as Babita * Vikram Kochhar as Senior Constable Sadhu Sharma *
Anil Rastogi Anil Rastogi is an Indian theatre, television and film actor. He is known for his roles in '' Udaan'', ''Ishaqzaade'' and '' Na Bole Tum Naa Maine Kuch Kaha''. He has over 600 theatre performances and was a former scientist of the Central Drug ...
as Ex - CM Sundar Lal *
Sachin Shroff Sachin Shroff (born 17 December 1972) is a businessman and TV personality. He is an actor, anchor and dancer. He played Gyan in ''Har Ghar Kuch Kehta Hai'' and Arjun in ''Naaginn''. Other appearances include ''Sinndoor Tere Naam Ka'', '' Saat ...
as Chief Minister Hukum Singh *
Anurita Jha Anurita Jha (born 17 September 1986) is an Indian actress and model. She hails from Katihar, Bihar and was groomed and studied at Patna and Delhi (correspondence study). She has taken part in fashion weeks in Delhi as well as Mumbai. She made he ...
as Kavita *
Rajeev Siddhartha Rajeev Siddhartha (born 11 April 1986) is an Indian actor. His work spans productions across film, television, theatre and digital web series. Siddhartha began his career in 2007 with the film ''Dil Dosti Etc'' and received critical acclaim as ...
as Akhivendra “Akki” Rathi * Jahangir Khan as Michael Rathi, Monty's henchman *
Adhyayan Suman Adhyayan Suman (born 13 January 1988) is an Indian actor and singer who appears in Hindi language films. He debuted in 2008 with '' Haal–e–dil''. His second film was ''Raaz – The Mystery Continues'' was a semi-hit. Suman's was praised fo ...
as Tinka Singh, a famous pop singer * Keshav Pandit as Kavita's father *
Mala Sinha Alda Sinha (born 11 November 1936), better known by her stage name Mala Sinha is a former Indian actress who has worked in Hindi, Bengali and Nepali films. Initially starting her career with regional cinema, she went on to become a top leading ...
as Kavita's mother * Navdeep Tomar as Sunny, Monty's henchman * Preeti Singh as Sangeeta * Ayaan Aditya as Ravindra Rawat alias RR *
Esha Gupta Esha Gupta (; born 28 November 1985) is an Indian actress, model and the winner of the Miss India International title of 2007. She has established a career in Bollywood films. Gupta entered the Femina Miss India contest in 2007, where she plac ...
as Sonia, Hukum Singh's Beau and international brand building expert *
Hemant Choudhary Hemant Choudhary is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi serials, films and web series. Early life and career Hemant Choudhary was born in Godda, a small town in Jharkhand and brought up in Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. He completed his later educat ...
as I.G. Sumit Chauhan


Series overview


Episodes


Season 1 (2020)


Season 2 (2020)


Season 3 (2022)


Marketing and release


Promotion

The official trailer of two seasons of this web series was launched on August 16, 2020 and October 29, 2020 respectively by
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on
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.


Release

Season 1 and Season 2 was made available for streaming from August 28, 2020 and November 11, 2020 respectively on OTT Platform
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. The series made its TV debut through The Q on October 11, 2021.


Critical reception

Writing for ''
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'',
Saibal Chatterjee Saibal Chatterjee is an Indian film critic, an author of a book on Gulzar, co-editor of a book on films; and a documentary scriptwriter. He was a columnist at BBC News, Business Standard, Hindustan Times and Financial Express. And a staff writer of ...
rated the series 3 out of 5 adding that “Prakash Jha's digital debut is ambitious, provocative and action-packed.” He praised the performances of actors and concept handling from the director Prakash Jha. Rohan Nahaar of ''
Hindustan Times ''Hindustan Times'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper based in Delhi. It is the flagship publication of HT Media, an entity controlled by the KK Birla family, and is owned by Shobhana Bhartia. It was founded by Sunder Singh Lyall ...
'' wrote that ''Aashram'' is “a show that doesn’t have the courage of its convictions. The self-censorship of sex scenes is emblematic of the trepidation with which Jha approaches the story. As it turns out, that ridiculous disclaimer was utterly unnecessary.”


Controversies

In December 2020, Jodhpur Court had served a legal notice to
Bobby Deol Vijay Singh Deol (born 27 January 1967) popularly known as Bobby Deol, is an Indian actor who works in Hindi cinema and web series. A member of the List of Hindi film families#Deol family, Deol family, he is the younger son of veteran actor Dhar ...
and director
Prakash Jha Prakash Jha (born 27 February 1952) is an Indian film producer, actor, director and screenwriter, mostly known for his political and socio-political films such as “Hip Hip Hurray” (1984), ''Damul'' (1984), ''Mrityudand'' (1997), ''Gangaaja ...
after
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filed a case on the actor and the director for hurting their sentiments and stated that the show "is an attempt to discredit Hinduism and Ashrams". In October 2021, the
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group targeted ''Aashram''
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sets and
Prakash Jha Prakash Jha (born 27 February 1952) is an Indian film producer, actor, director and screenwriter, mostly known for his political and socio-political films such as “Hip Hip Hurray” (1984), ''Damul'' (1984), ''Mrityudand'' (1997), ''Gangaaja ...
for defaming
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and the entire aashram system, through his web series, whereas the sets were vandalised by the group. Director
Prakash Jha Prakash Jha (born 27 February 1952) is an Indian film producer, actor, director and screenwriter, mostly known for his political and socio-political films such as “Hip Hip Hurray” (1984), ''Damul'' (1984), ''Mrityudand'' (1997), ''Gangaaja ...
stated that "They will voice their concerns, but I think about the thousands who see my project in the correct manner. It is no joke that 1.5 billion people watched it. If we say there will be no objection, it is not right. " Later,
Bobby Deol Vijay Singh Deol (born 27 January 1967) popularly known as Bobby Deol, is an Indian actor who works in Hindi cinema and web series. A member of the List of Hindi film families#Deol family, Deol family, he is the younger son of veteran actor Dhar ...
supported Jha and stated that the show is not about defaming anyone and as an actor nothing else matters.


Notes


References


External links

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