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{{short description|Indian crime drama web series}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox television
| name = Aashram
| native_name =
| image = Aashram (poster).jpg
| caption = Promotional poster
| director = [[Prakash Jha]]
| producer = [[Prakash Jha]]
| company = [[Prakash Jha|Prakash Jha Productions]]
| story = [[Habib Faisal]]
| screenplay = Kuldeep Ruhil, Tejpal Singh Rawat, Avinash Kumar, Madhvi Bhatt
| voices = Sanjay Masoom
| starring = [[Bobby Deol]]
| composer = Advait Nemlekar
| cinematography = Chandan Kowli
| editor = Santosh Mandal
| location = India
| runtime =
| genre = Crime drama
| distributor = [[MX Player]]
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| num_seasons = 2
| list_episodes = #Episodes
| num_episodes = 18
| last_aired = {{End date|present}}
| first_aired = {{Start date|df=y|2020|8|28}}
| camera = [[Multi-camera]]
| picture_format = [[HDTV]]
| audio_format = [[Dolby Digital]]
| network = [[MX Player]]
| production_website = https://m.facebook.com/PrakashJhaProductions/
}}
'''''Aashram''''' is a [[Hindi-language]] [[crime drama]] web series directed by [[Prakash Jha]] for [[MX Player]] original.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/entertainment/mx-player-drops-the-trailer-of-aashram|title=MX Player drops the trailer of 'Aashram'|website=National Herald}}</ref> It is produced by [[Prakash Jha]] under [[Prakash Jha|Prakash Jha Productions]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/bobby-deols-aashram-the-gone-game-malayalam-flick-veyil-trailers-released-this-week-8723201.html|title=Bobby Deol's Aashram, The Gone Game, Malayalam flick Veyil: Trailers released this week - Entertainment News , Firstpost|date=18 August 2020|website=Firstpost}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/television/report-aashram-trailer-unveiled-bobby-deol-prakash-jha-shed-light-on-politics-in-spiritual-world-2838119|title='Aashram' trailer unveiled: Bobby Deol-Prakash Jha shed light on politics in spiritual world|date=17 August 2020|website=DNA India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.india.com/entertainment/aashram-trailer-bobby-deol-steps-into-the-digital-world-as-spiritual-leader-in-prakash-jhas-new-series-4114178/|title=Aashram Trailer: Bobby Deol Steps Into The Digital World as Spiritual Leader in Prakash Jha's New Series|first=India com Entertainment|last=Desk|date=17 August 2020|website=India News, Breaking News, Entertainment News | India.com}}</ref> It is written by Madhvi Bhatt, Avinash Kumar, Sanjay Masoomm,Tejpal Singh Rawat and Kuldeep Ruhil.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/aashram-trailer-bobby-deol-blends-into-a-new-character-in-a-show-that-questions-its-morality/22939252|title=Aashram Trailer: Bobby Deol blends into a new character in a show that questions its morality|date=17 August 2020|website=mid-day}}</ref> Its first season was made available for streaming on OTT platform [[MX Player]] for [[Free-to-view|free]] from 28 August 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/entertainment/bollywood/watch-bobby-deols-aashram-trailer-now-1502917679.html|title=Watch | Bobby Deol's 'Aashram' trailer out now|date=17 August 2020}}</ref>

The trailer of the second season titled "Aashram Chapter 2: The Dark Side" was released on 29 October 2020.<ref>{{Cite news|title=रिलीज हुआ बॉबी देओल की 'आश्रम 2' का ट्रेलर, तीन लोगों के ईर्द गिर्द घूम रही पूरी कहानी, देखें वीडियो...|trans-title=Bobby Deol's 'Ashram 2' trailer released, full story revolving around three people, watch video...|url=https://hindi.asianetnews.com/video/bollywood/bobby-deol-s-ashram-2-trailer-released-full-story-revolving-around-three-people-watch-video-kpz-qiys94|website=Asianet News|language=hi}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Ashram Chapter 2 Trailer: दूसरे चैप्टर में बढ़ी काशीपुर वाले बाबा की ताकत, आस्था और राजनीति का दिखा डबल डोज|url=https://www.abplive.com/entertainment/ashram-chapter-2-trailer-boby-deol-prakash-jha-web-series-1620145|website=ABP Live|language=hi}}</ref> 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]].

== Cast ==
* [[Bobby Deol]] as Kashipur Waale Baba Nirala / Monty
* [[Chandan Roy Sanyal]] as Bhopa Bhai / Bhopa Swami / Bhupendra Singh
* [[Aaditi Pohankar]] as Parminder aka Pammi
* [[Tushar Pandey]] as Satti aka Satwinder Lochan
* [[Darshan Kumar]] as SI Ujagar Singh
* [[Anupriya Goenka]] as Dr. Natasha
* [[Tridha Choudhury]] as Babita
* Vikram Kochhar as Sadhu Sharma
* [[Anil Rastogi]] as [[Chief minister (India)|CM]] Sundar Lal
* [[Sachin Shroff]] as Hukum Singh
* [[Anurita Jha]] as Kavita
* [[Rajeev Siddhartha]] as Akki
* Jahangir Khan as Michael Rathi
* Kanupriya Gupta as Mohini/ Sohini
* [[Adhyayan Suman]] as Tinka Singh
* Tanmay Ranjan as Dilawar
* Vikram Katyal as Himanshu, Kavita's Brother
* Keshav Pandit as Kavita's Father
* Mala Sinha as Kavita's Mother
* Rupesh Kumar as Nonny, Pammi's Cousin
* Dimpy Mishra as Warden of Girls Hostel
* Sandeep Yaadav as Bagga, PA of Hukum Singh
* [[Navdeep Tomar]] as Sunny, an Aashram Goon
* Mirza Ajhar Beg as Gabha, an Aashram Goon
* Siddharth Srivastav as Jhonny, an Aashram Goon
* Nawal Shukla as Gurusharan, Pammi's Father
* Puneeta Awasthy as Navjot, Pammi's Mother
* Akash Jaiswal as Vishal Singh, Pammi's Best Friend
* Agraj Panday as Iqbal Kureshi, Pammi's Coach
* Anand Prakash Sharma as Gurubaksh, Nonny's Father
* Simmi Bhatia as Kuljot, Nonny's Mother
* Amit Sinha as [[Inspector general|IG]] DP Sharma
* Amit Sahu as Haricharan Das, a Police officer
* Ikram Khan as Samandar Singh, Bada Mohalla Head
* Ajay Singh as Sumit Kaushik, CM's PA and Brother-in-law
* Tulika Banerjee as Baba's Wife
* Akhilesh Tripathi and Jigesh as Baba's sons
* Pradeep Kukreja as Baba Mansukh, Baba Nirala's Guru And Aashram Predecessor
* Uday Veer Singh Yadav as Ishwar Nath, Snober's Father and Baba Mansukh's close person
* Aakash Pandey as Rohtas, a lower cast sewadar
* Varun Tamta as Vikrant Punia, NCB Officer who busts Tinka
* Midhat Ullah Khan as Malang, an old sewadar at Aashram
* Subrato Roy as Goyal, Aashram Head Administrator
* Manish Mishra as Yogesh Rehghar who is a [[transgender]]
* Preeti Singh as Sangeeta Wrestler
* Akanksha Pandey as Renu, an Aashram Wrestler
* Parinitaa Seth as Sadhvi Mata
* Preeti Sood as Sanober
* Arun Trivedi as Harbhajan Singh, Bada Mohalla Resident
* Adarsh Pandey as a member of Bada Mohalla.
* Jaimin Panchal as a member of Bada Mohalla

== Marketing and release ==
=== Promotion ===
The official trailer of two seasons of this web series was launched on 16 August 2020<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-08-17|title=The trailer of Prakash Jha's upcoming webseries Aashram was released today - The Thinkera|url=https://www.thethinkera.com/entertainment/the-trailer-of-prakash-jhas-upcoming-webseries-ashram-was-released-today/|access-date=2021-03-09|language=en-US}}</ref> and 29 October 2020 respectively by [[MX Player]] on [[YouTube]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/aashram-trailer-bobby-deol-plays-a-spiritual-leader-who-veers-between-aastha-and-apraadh-in-prakash-jha-s-new-series/story-Z6Z3URgldJLFBb53FHSpSO.html|title=Aashram trailer: Bobby Deol plays a spiritual leader who veers between 'aastha' and 'apraadh' in Prakash Jha's new series|date=17 August 2020|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref>

=== 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]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indulgexpress.com/entertainment/cinema/2020/aug/17/the-trailer-of-prakash-jhas-aashram-starring-bobby-deol-looks-promising-27454.html|title=The trailer of Prakash Jha's Aashram starring Bobby Deol looks promising|website=www.indulgexpress.com}}</ref>

==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.<ref>https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/aashram-review-with-bobby-deols-solid-presence-prakash-jhas-digital-debut-is-nothing-if-not-bingeworthy-3-stars-out-of-5-2286689</ref><ref>https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/mask-of-faith-and-layers-of-power-play-the-social-relevance-of-prakash-jhas-aashram/</ref>

==Episodes==
===Series overview===
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===Season 1 (2020)===
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 1
|Title = Pran Pratishtha
|DirectedBy = [[Surender Kumar]]
|WrittenBy = [[Habib Faisal]]
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|08|28|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 2
|Title = Grih Pravesh
|DirectedBy = Prakash Jha
|WrittenBy = Habib Faisal
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|08|28|df=y}}
|ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 3
|Title = Duh Swapna
|DirectedBy = Prakash Jha
|WrittenBy = Habib Faisal
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|08|28|df=y}}
|ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 4
|Title = Sewa Daar
|DirectedBy = Prakash Jha
|WrittenBy = Habib Faisal
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|08|28|df=y}}
|ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 5
|Title = Amrit Sudha
|DirectedBy = Prakash Jha
|WrittenBy = Habib Faisal
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|08|28|df=y}}
|ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 6
|Title = Vish Haran
|DirectedBy = Prakash Jha
|WrittenBy = Habib Faisal
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|08|28|df=y}}
|ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 7
|Title = Gati Rodh
|DirectedBy = Prakash Jha
|WrittenBy = Habib Faisal
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|08|28|df=y}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = 000
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 8
|Title = Shuddhi Karan
|DirectedBy = Prakash Jha
|WrittenBy = Habib Faisal
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|08|28|df=y}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = 000
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 9
|Title = Maha Prasad
|DirectedBy = Prakash Jha
|WrittenBy = Habib Faisal
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|08|28|df=y}}
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===Season 2 (2020)===
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 1
|Title = Triya - Charit
|DirectedBy = [[Prakash Jha]]
|WrittenBy = [[Habib Faisal]]
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|11|11|df=y}}
|ShortSummary =
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}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 2
|Title = Chhadma - Vesh
|DirectedBy = Prakash Jha
|WrittenBy = Habib Faisal
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|11|11|df=y}}
|ShortSummary =
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}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 3
|Title = Naag - Paash
|DirectedBy = Prakash Jha
|WrittenBy = Habib Faisal
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|11|11|df=y}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = #8C224A
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 4
|Title = Mrig - Trishna
|DirectedBy = Prakash Jha
|WrittenBy = Habib Faisal
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|11|11|df=y}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = #8C224A
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 5
|Title = Kaliya - Mardan
|DirectedBy = Prakash Jha
|WrittenBy = Habib Faisal
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|11|11|df=y}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = #8C224A
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 6
|Title = Chhadma - Yudhha
|DirectedBy = Prakash Jha
|WrittenBy = Habib Faisal
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|11|11|df=y}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = #8C224A
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 7
|Title = Moh - Bhang
|DirectedBy = Prakash Jha
|WrittenBy = Habib Faisal
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|11|11|df=y}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = #8C224A
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 8
|Title = Koot - Neeti
|DirectedBy = Prakash Jha
|WrittenBy = Habib Faisal
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|11|11|df=y}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = #8C224A
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 9
|Title = Chakra - Vaat
|DirectedBy = Prakash Jha
|WrittenBy = Habib Faisal
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|11|11|df=y}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = #8C224A
}}
}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|12805346}}

[[Category:2020 web series debuts]]
[[Category:Indian drama web series]]
[[Category:MX Player original programming]]

Aashram - Revision history

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