Asur

Season : 1
Genre :Thriller / Mystery / Crime
Language : Hindi
Network : Voot

Plot 

Nikhil Nair (Barun Sobti) is working as a criminology teacher.He lives with his wife Naina (Anupriya Goenka) and daughter Riya outside India.He is not really happy with his life.He misses his life as a forensic expert which he left seven years ago.One day he rec ivies coordinates on his mobile from an unknown number and soon a dead body appears in that exact spot -with an index finger cut out....As the process repeats Nikhil decides to join back to CBI and come to India....even if that means working with his senior officer Dhananjay Rajput (Arshad Warsi),who was the reason of his early retirement.

In India,foresnsic expert Dhananjaj Rajput and his team discovers a burned dead body with a mask on it's face,in the location exchanged by Nikhil.DJ find out here also index finger is missing.They need to find out the identiy of the victim and the connection between the others,before it is too late....

As Nikhil joins the team,they work together to unravel the mystery....  

Vish View

After watching series like Mindhunter,Hannibal,True Detective etc I often wondered why India never produced anything similar to them.We have so many stories to take inspiration from...The only thing that came out produced by Netfilx was "Sacred Games',which used mythology only as a layer -it was more political in my view.Anyway there was nothing else as far as I knew.

And now there is 'Asur'

When I watched the trailer in TV,I thought 'Hey..This looks interesting.' But I never expected it to be this brilliant.

It is a thriller series which uses a mix of crime,mystery,psychology and mythology.The makers deserves a praise for using Hindu mythology in a crime thriller.It was like reading a Dan Brown book,the difference being he uses Western myths and here the stories we are familiar with are used...Animation used in those sections is perfect to create the feel..

Excellent performances by Warsi,Sobti along with others makes it a great watch....A hunting background score and locations varying from Banaras to Delhi adds to the charm.

There are some plot holes,but it never takes away the excitement....

Excellent watch....

Waiting for season 2

Do watch and discover your dark side.....