Aashram (Season 1)

Aashram (Season 1) Web Series Details:

Aashram (Season 1) Web Series Cast & Character:

• Bobby Deol as Kashipur Waale Baba Nirala, Baba Nirala
• Chandan Roy Sanyal as Bhopa, Bhopa Swami
• Aditi Sudhir Pohankar as Pammi
• Darshan Kumaar as Ujagar Singh
• Rajeev Siddhartha as Akki
• Anurita Jha as Kavita
• Tridha Choudhury as Babita
• Mirza Azhar as Gaba
• Anupriya Goenka as Dr. Natasha
• Dileep Chaudhary as Bobby Deol’s Bodyguard
• Vikram Mastal as Balveer Singh
• Akash Singh Rajput as Rocky
• Vikram Kochhar as Sadhu
• Tushar Pandey as Satti

Storyline:

The story revolves around a godman, Baba Nirala (Bobby Deol), 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) and incumbent CM Sundar Lal (Anil Rastogi) 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) decides to conduct tours with Baba Nirala to promote his new song.

Meanwhile, SI Ujagar Singh (Darshan Kumar) is a police officer who has little interest in his job and simply follows his seniors’ orders, until he meets Dr. Natasha (Anupriya Goenka) 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) encourages him to take up this case, along with his assistant senior constable Sadhu Sharma (Vikram Kocchar).

About Aashram (Season 1) Web Series:

• The official trailer of the first season of this web series was launched on August 16, 2020, by MX Player on YouTube.
• Season 1 was made available for streaming on August 28, 2020, on OTT Platform MX Player. The series made its TV debut through The Q on October 11, 2021.
• Its first season was made available for streaming on OTT platform MX Player for free from 28 August 2020.

Controversies

In December 2020, Jodhpur Court had served a legal notice to Bobby Deol and director Prakash Jha after Karni Sena 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 Bajrang Dal group targeted Aashram web series sets and Prakash Jha for defaming Hindus and the entire aashram system, through his web series, whereas the sets were vandalized by the group. Director Prakash Jha 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 supported Jha and stated that the show is not about defaming anyone and as an actor nothing else matters.