Fec Mid Term Project Asur Series Review: - by Aditi Garg Abhishek Jha Utkarsh Singh

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FEC MID TERM PROJECT

~ASUR SERIES REVIEW


- BY ADITI GARG
  ABHISHEK JHA
  UTKARSH SINGH
ASUR: WELCOME TO DARK SIDE
Asur is an Indian psychological thriller series directed by Oni sen which is released on March
2020. It is the beautiful fusion of Hindu Mythology and forensic science. The Lead casts are
Arshad warsi as Dhananjay Rajput , Ridhi Dogra as Nusrat and Barun Sobti as Nikhil Nair .
Its imdb rating is 8.5.
A psychopath killer with a twisted philosophy deep-seated in Indian mythology is on the
loose. Two forensic officers from the CBI are close on heals to catch the serial killer but with a
twist of fate, they get caught in a dreadful situation.
A serial killer, whose ideologies and thinking are deeply rooted within the Hindu mythology,
is challenging a team of brilliant forensic experts to solve the mystery behind a number of
heinous murders. This forms the crux of Asur, a Voot Select Original series. This 8-part series
is a heady and sensuous concoction of gore, murder, leaving you asking for more at the end of
season 1.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION ABOUT THE MAIN CHARACTERS:
1. Dhananjay Rajpoot(DJ) – Senior forensic expert
working under CBI.
2. Nikhil Nair – Forensic expert , teaching in FBI
3. Nusrat saeed – Forensic expert working under DJ ,ex-
girlfriend of Nikhil Nair
4. Shubh Joshi- Unsual child turned into Serial killer
5. Lolark Dubey- Police officer working under CBI
6. Naina Nair- Wife of Nikhil Nair, a software engineer
7. Rasool Shaikh- Hacker working under CBI
8. Keshav Bhardawaj- Motivational speaker
EPISODE-1
1. The episode starts with an 11 year old story where a
young child named Shubh is seen performing puja rituals
along side his father and a person.
2. While returning in a boat with his son, Father drowns in
the river and dies.
3. On the present , Nikhil Nair, is shown teaching at the FBI.
4. He is shown doing some dillydally with his wife Naina,
arguing about the reasons to leave his job with the CBI,
something which he deeply regrets.
5. In India, a murderer kills a woman and her charred body
is found by the police the next day, whose autopsy is
performed by Dhananjay "DJ" Rajpoot.
6. The modus operandi of the murder reveals that a serial killer is on a murder spree,
in which DJ's wife is also included.
EPISODE-2
1. The episode starts with a story set 18 years ago where
a young Shubh is shown as cold, ruthless and cruel.
2. His Father “Radhacharan” use to call him Asur.
3. In the present timeline, Nikhil comes back to work
with the CBI, where he meets his former coworker
and ex-girlfriend Nushrat.
4. DJ receives an envelope containing a video in which
the scorched body is revealed to be that of his wife,
Sandhya.
5. DJ can't handle the case anymore and Nikhil takes
over the case
6. Even before DJ could come to terms with the inconceivable loss, DJ is
arrested for murdering his wife, based on Nikhil's calculation
7. At the ending scene, the camera pans out with the sight of a mysterious
person witnessing all this.
EPISODE-3
1. The episode continues with another glimpse of the story
set 18 years ago where it is revealed that Shubh shows
symptoms of autism
2. He is deeply affected by his father torturous behavior on
him.
3. In the present timeline, with Dhananjay behind bars
4. Nikhil thinks it's all over until he gets 3 new coordinates
from the same mysterious source.
5. The killer follows the same pattern of thoroughly planned
assaults targeted at random people at random locations.
EPISODE - 4

• The episode continues with the incident happened 11 years


ago as it is shown that Dhananjay was the person who was
doing the puja rituals. While doing the puja, Dhananjay finds
something fishy about Shubh and death of Pandit.
• The killer reveals that he had been following Nikhil from
U.S.A.
• He takes help of Nikhil to murder Abhilasha Chandra
(neuroscientist).
• DJ gets temporary bail to solve the case.
• The smartness with which she is killed made DJ believe that
Nikhil is involved and he wants to convey a message.
EPISODE - 5

• The episode starts with a flashback where Shubh is seen in a jail


forming a cult.
• DJ include new members- Kesar ( a motivational speaker in jail)
and Samarth (a psychologist).
• Yashwant , a retired officer gives more information about Shubh 
to the investigating team.
• DJ recalls an incident  that happened 10yrs back and concludes
Shubh could be the serial killer.
• The killer shares details of another person to be murdered with
Nikhil.
EPISODE - 6

• The episode commences where a painter painting Asur


Devi's picture is seen who is found dead the very next
day.
• DJ tries to get current picture of Shubh by applying age
progression to one of his childhood pictures.
• Investigating team cross question
Neelkanth (Shubh's grandfather) and gets to know he was
born under devil's star , thus justifying why he was called
'Asur' by his father.
EPISODE - 6

• DJ figures out a similarity among the people who are


killed – all were born in 'Dhanisth nakshatra'.
• DJ requests Naina to hack database to figure out who is
going to be killed next.
• Aditya Jalan, a famous businessman and philanthropist is
found dead even after providing the security by
investigating team.
• Nikhil finally traces his location.
EPISODE-7

• 10 years ago,Shubh is in jail and Nikhil apologies that it was not his fault .
However, Shubh says that it is DJ’s fault and Nikhil doesn’t need to
apologise. Shubh says “Sheeghra hi mulakat hogi.
• CBI tries to recover from its failure to prevent Aditya Jalan’s murder.Nikhil
asks him how he came back so early from Mumbai to which the
kidnapper gives a mysterious reply saying that he is omnipresent. “Sheeghra
hi mulakaat hogi”, says the kidnapper while leaving . This strikes Nikhil and
he remembers Shubh.
• The kidnapper lets Nikhil call Naina. he tries to give hint of Ghats and tell
her that he is present at two places at the same time. Ghat” indicates that
Nikhil is trying to direct them towards Shubh because he lived in Varanasi.
Nikhil is also trying to say that there are two people involved in this crime
EPISODE-7
• DJ reads books on Hindu mythology and listens to Kesar’s podcasts at CBI they
listen to Kesar’s podcast and live speech recording. The podcast and the live
speech don’t match linguistically because the dialect, punctuation and use of
words are different. This means that the person behind the podcast is someone
else.
• DJ recognises that the killer’s victims are from 'Dhanisth nakshatra’ and all
achievers and noble people and it is almost like the killer is punishing them
Naina reluctantly adds his name to the database. Killer searches the database
and guess whose name pops up It is none other than Dhananjay Rajpoot. DJ’s
profile is sent to Nikhil.
EPISODE -8
• DJ believes that Shubh poisoned his father and since all evidence went
down in the lake, DJ fabricates proof against and thinks that Shubh is a
psychopath killer and deserves to be in jail Nikhil doesn’t support this
decides to resign from the CBI in turn.
• Nikhil some how manages to escape from the place where he was kept.
• DJ again listens to Kesar’s podcasts.He wonders if Kesar is Shubh and why
he is helping DJ in the case. DJ immediately sends a team to Kesar’s home.
Kesar who is very unaffected about his arrest and happily goes with them.
• Next on television, we see the three missing people in a chamber.limited
oxygen and they have to kill each other for living more hours. Radhika,
Neeraj and Umar panic and fight in the chamber.and Umar try to kill
radhika.
EPISODE -8
• Rasul and Lolark reach the kidnapper’s abode where Nikhil was kept..
A diary slips from Rasul’s bag and Lolark picks it up. The drawings in
the diary are similar to the drawings which Lolark saw in Shubh’s
diary. At this point, Rasul reveals his true colours and hits Lolark later
he shoot him.
• DJ takes the pill and Shubh(kesar) tells him the wing and the chamber
of the chemical factory where Nikhil reaches, Rasul calls Nikhil and
talks to him through a voice changer,Rasul makes him choose
between Nikhil’s daughter and the three hostages,chooses three
hostages….daughter dies
• Nikhil blames DJ for all this and his ego.

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