''Asur'' is a 2020 Indian
Hindi-language crime thriller web series, produced by Tanveer Bookwala of Ding Entertainment for the video on demand platform
Voot. The series stars
Arshad Warsi,
Barun Sobti,
Sharib Hashmi and
Amey Wagh. The series is set in the context of a modern day serial killer having religious ties. Arshad Warsi made his OTT debut through this series.
Plot
Set in the backdrop of the mystical city of
Varanasi, Asur follows Nikhil Nair, a
forensic-expert-turned-teacher, who returns to his roots at the
Central Bureau of Investigation
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is the premier investigating agency of India. It operates under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions. Originally set up to investigate bribery and governmen ...
, and along with his former mentor Dhananjay Rajpoot, finds himself caught in a cat-and-mouse game with a brutal serial killer.
What follows is a blend of suspense, mythology and the murders of some people totally unrelated.
Concept
The
concept is completely new.
This web series has been created by adapting
Hindu mythology
Hindu mythology is the body of myths and literature attributed to, and espoused by, the adherents of the Hindu religion, found in Hindu texts such as the Vedic literature, epics like ''Mahabharata'' and ''Ramayana'', the Puranas, and reg ...
to the modern age.
The whole team of a
serial killer has been committing various
murders on a regular basis, and despite the best efforts of the
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team it has not been possible to stop these killings.
This has not yet been fully disclosed Who is the mastermind of the murder, it may be known in Season 2.
Cast
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Arshad Warsi as Dhananjay "DJ" Rajpoot
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Barun Sobti as Nikhil Nair
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Anupriya Goenka as Naina Nair
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Ridhi Dogra as Nushrat Saeed
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Sharib Hashmi as Lolark Dubey
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Amey Wagh as Rasool Shaikh/Shubh Joshi
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Pawan Chopra
Pawan Chopra is an Indian actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and televisio ...
as Shashank Awasthi
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Vishesh Bansal as Teen Shubh Joshi
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Gaurav Arora as Kesar Bhardawaj
* Anvita Sudarshan as Raina Singh
* Nishank Verma as Samarth Ahuja
* Archak Chhabra as Aditya Jalan
* Aditya Lal as Moksh
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Deepak Qazir as Neelkanth Joshi
* Bondip Sarma as Ankit Sharma
* Jayant Raina as Radhacharan Joshi
* Sunayna Baile as Lolark's Wife
* Jay Zaveri as Sajid Sheikh
Episodes
References
External links
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* {{IMDb title, 11912196
2020 web series debuts
Hindi-language web series
Indian drama web series