Aashram review: Prakash Jha shows how caste system & power play is prevalent in society

Aashram is a series directed by Prakash Jha, marking director's digital debut. series cast includes actors like Bobby Deol, Chandan Roy Sanyal, Aaditi Pohankar, Darshan Kumaar, and Adhyayan Suman. series is a political satire and will focus around Dera Sacha Sauda chief, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh’s life. It is available to watch on MX Player.

Plot of show

plot of series revolves around a self-proclaimed Godman who goes by name, Kashipur waale Baba Nirala. He gains influence over lower strata of society by openly taking a stand for m and challenging anyone who discriminates against m. His followers start seeing him as ir Messiah and this leads to a cult being formed.

Things start looking suspicious for ‘Babaji’ when a sudden resurfacing of a skeleton in adjacent forest land to aashram. A diligent and sharp police officer, Ujagar Singh is keen on solving murder cases and putting culprits behind bars. But he must face many hurdles from corrupt officials and politicians before he can furr his investigation against Babaji.

investigation points towards Aashram of Baba Nirala and brings out many dark secrets about powerful corrupt officials as well as Baba. It puts in doubt people’s belief of wher he is actually a Messiah or t. question remains, will Ujagar Singh be able to bring out truth?

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What works?

Series marks debut of Prakash Jha, who has captured caste system, oppression, and power play in our society. While Bobby Deol is face of series, each supporting cast has put up a decent performance in series.

What doesn't work

me of series was to show how 'Godman' in eyes of people, was actually a 'conman'. However, in series, re are sequences where scenes seemed a bit dragged and deviate from me. re is urgency to solve murder cases among authorities, which is one of major turning plot points of series. 

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 Final thoughts

9 episode series is a desperate attempt to show real story of Babaji who had been conning numerous people over years and had formed a cult.  series is an attempt to show how events had occurred and how 'Babaji' was proven guilty. It can be watched for Prakash Raj direction and good performances by actors who have depicted well prevalence of caste system operation powerplay that is prevalent in our society.

Rating: 3/5

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