All good and bad of ‘ASUR ‘: Indian series review
ASUR Is an Indian crime thriller series released on Voot select in Hindi language. It is basically an investigation thriller regarding serial killings. It was released on march 2,2020. The show is directed by oni sen,written by Gaurav Shukla along with Niren Bhatt and Abhijeet Khuman. Arshad Warsi and Barun Sobti plays the lead roles as Dhananjay Rajput and Nikhil Nair respectively.The rest of the cast include Ridhi Dogra as Nusrat Saeed ,Anupriya Goenka as Naina Nair ,Sharib Hashmi as Lolark Dubey ,Pawan Chopra as Shashank Awasthi,Amey Wagh as Rasool Shaikh,Gaurav Arora as Kesar Bharadwaj Vishesh Bansal as Shubh(child),etc. The series is about the investigation led by CBI team to catch a serial killer who commits murders in a particular manner at different places and the problems faced by the team in the journey. ASUR season 1 consists of 8 episodes with duration of 40 to 50 minutes.
PLOT
Nikhil Nair, a former forensic expert in CBI, now working as
a forensic teacher abroad. Nikhil had to leave CBI due to a dispute with his
mentor Dhananjay Rajput. He had to come back to the CBI for the investigation regarding
a serial killer who commits brutal murders, because he was the one who got
anonymous information about the killings. With the arrival of Nikhil, the
investigation took a turn and some unexpected events happen. Who is the serial killer?
What is his connection with Nikhil? What happens after Nikhil get involved in
the investigation? What is his problem with his mentor? The eight thrilling
episodes of ASUR are the answers for these questions.
ALL GOODS ABOUT ASUR:
NO SPOILER
1)
An interesting story line: the main plot of ASUR
is much interesting. A story about serial killings and the investigation is not
a fresh subject but ASUR differs in how the killings are established and on what
basis the killings are done. Also there is a change in the usual investigation
routine
2)
Thrilling
and engaging: The best quality of this series is it makes the viewers engaged
and curious about the next event. It is thrilling from its first episode to the
last. Thriller tag is hundred percent fit to this series.
3)
Suspense and twists: It has good twists which
makes us eager to know the rest of the story. And it is suspenseful from the
beginning itself. The mystery reveals slowly as the story progresses.
4)
Direction: The overall direction is good, but
not the best. Can be improved. But the director succeed in making a thrilling
feel throughout the show
SOME MAJOR DRAWBACKS
To an
investigation thriller, it is important to make the events logical and
explicit. But ASUR had a large fall in this area. Some areas of the story are
not logically connectable. And some are not understandable. For example; Major
part of an investigation is based on a simple instinct of the character
Dhananjay. But it doesn’t clear that on what basis he made that assumption.
Also when, after the murder is done in an impossible situation it is not
explained how the killer could do that without getting into trouble.
Unexplained assumptions, lack of clarity and non-logical situations are the
main draw backs of this series. Also it becomes more predictable near the end
NB: The performance of some of the actors were really good
and some are below the expectations.so it is not included in positives or
negatives
RECOMMENDED TYPE OF AUDIENCE
Thriller lovers who want to get thrilled only without
considering much logic can watch this. It may not preferred by all thriller
lovers but they can also have a try. Because it will not disappoints in the
matter of thrills. And it offers a different plot and base. So all thriller
lovers can give a try.
OVERALL VERDICT AND
RATING
Overall a complete thriller ride. But can’t be consider as a
perfect thriller due to the logical mistakes. But it is worth to watch since it
is offering an interesting plot with eight thrilling episodes
Our rating: 8/10
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