Aashram

Aashram is a Hindi-language crime drama web series directed by Prakash Jha for MX Player original. It is produced by Prakash Jha under Prakash Jha Productions. The series stars Bobby Deol along with Aaditi Pohankar, Darshan Kumar, Chandan Roy Sanyal, Tushar Pandey, Anupriya Goenka, Adhyayan Suman, Vikram Kochhar, Tridha Choudhury, Rajeev Siddhartha, Sachin Shroff, Tanmay Ranjan, Anurita Jha, Parinitaa Seth, Jahangir Khan, Kanupriya Gupta, Preeti Sood and Navdeep Tomar 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 MX Player for free from 28 August 2020.
The trailer of the second season titled "Aashram Chapter 2: The Dark Side" was released on 29 October 2020. This season, the story continues, while more colours of the baba's Aashram are revealed and a mix of blind faith and politics are put on display. The second season is available for streaming on OTT platform MX Player from 11 November 2020 for free.
Plot.
The story revolves around a Baba (preacher), played by Bobby Deol, known as 'Baba Nirala.' Whose followers have blind faith in him and will do anything that he asks of them. But Baba Nirala is a conman, who ensures that his devotees devote their wealth to him and stay attached to the Aashram for life.
Meanwhile, Darshan Kumar is a cop in this series and is adamant about unraveling the truth behind the skeletons and dead bodies recovered from the Aashram's property.
Every episode unfolds a mystery that revolves around the Baba Nirala. Whether the cop will find evidence and prove anything is left for the Part II of 'Aashram' . All episodes of Part II of 'Aashram' were aired on 11 November 2020 on MX Player.
Marketing and release.
Promotion.
The official trailer of two seasons of this web series was launched on 16 August 2020 and 29 October 2020 respectively by MX Player on YouTube.
Release.
Season 1 and Season 2 was made available for streaming from 28 August 2020 and 11 November 2020 respectively on OTT Platform MX Player.
Critical reception.
The series is mostly received to positive reviews with critics hailing the performances of actors and the concept handling from the experienced director Prakash Jha.