MXPlayer, the video streaming and player app owned by Times Internet (the web arm of the Times Group), has released a web series called Aashram in August 2020. According to the makers, the series directed by Prakash Jha ‘is an attempt to unmask the fake godmen who prey upon gullible people’. They say this very clearly in a ‘disclaimer’ where they claim to hold ‘all religions and traditions of the land in high regard’. But as we will see, this disclaimer is nothing but an attempt to deflect any potential legal action, considering the series only seems to target Hindu beliefs and systems. Now its another chapter i.e. Aashram 2 is going to be released in November 2020.
Hindus were outraged to learn about this and took to Twitter with demand to arrest Prakash Jha, director and producer, of the Aashram web series. In the morning, the hashtag #Arrest_Prakash_Jha started trending along with some keywords like ‘Aashram’. The trend was on 4th and 5th spot for few hours in top 10 national trends on Twitter. More than 20,000 tweets were tweeted with the said hashtag.
Here are some of the tweets from the trend :
Ashram webseries Story written by "HABIB FAISAL".
…Why don't he dare to write on same about Terror schools, Mad-ressa ?
…This is Bollywood-Jihad ?@Sanjay_Dixit@SureshChavhanke@RituRathaur#Arrest_Prakash_Jha pic.twitter.com/1wEQ4GRZYs— ? Ramesh Shinde ?? (@Ramesh_hjs) October 24, 2020
O' my Hindus Retweet maximum #Arrest_Prakash_Jha #Arrest_Prakash_Jha#Arrest_Prakash_Jha
And tag @JodhpurWest @JodhpurPcr @PoliceRajasthan
So that they arrest @prakashjha27 on my Complaint already lodged with Kudi Police station. pic.twitter.com/kLTCQBKY8H
— Adv. Khush Khandelwal (@AdvKhush) October 24, 2020
Is @PrakashJavdekar ji listening?
If you can listen to Raza Academy accused for Anti National acts on Azad Maidan.
What's wrong in listening to Majority Hindus to #Arrest_Prakash_Jha for defaming Hindu saints?@RituRathaur @Ramesh_hjs @_dharam_vir @punarutthana@gopugoswami pic.twitter.com/IEbdE1ePwi
— ?????? ????????????? © (@Milind_MMD) October 24, 2020
Why infamy to "Ashram system" when story is fictional?
Aashram web series is a thoughtful, pre-planned conspiracy against Hinduism! By showing Hindu Saints as criminal & corrupted, they tried to tarnish d image of #Hinduism & Ashram system to confuse Hindus!#Arrest_Prakash_Jha pic.twitter.com/7NisdJdpND
— Sunil Ghanwat (@SG_HJS) October 24, 2020
#Arrest_Prakash_Jha
Aashram web series fictional story is written by Habib Faisal who was alumnus of Jamia Millia Islamia university.This proves everything how it is a well planned conspiracy to defame Hindu saints in eyes of viewers @PoliceRajasthan @HinduJagrutiOrg @SG_HJS pic.twitter.com/oeFeNubyOn
— Adv. Khush Khandelwal (@AdvKhush) October 24, 2020
⚠️ #Ashram #Webseries shows ❗Hindu Sadhus are
‼️ Murders
‼️Rapist
On other Hand Holy word #Ashram used for such vulgar act.!
We demand @prakashjha27 must be arrested for this #Arrest_Prakash_Jha
and strict action on him.!@MIB_India@PrakashJavdekar pic.twitter.com/4iMQ3LzfIM— ?Harshad Dhamale™ ?? (@iDivineArjuna) October 24, 2020
