Aashram 3: Esha Gupta says she ‘manifested’ the role in Bobby Deol-led MX Player series

For Ashram 3, Esha Gupta joins the popular series as an exciting new character. The actress recently opened up about how she came to be a part of the Bobby Deol-led series.

MX Player recently shared a video where Gupta is seen talking about her character, Sonia. The actress revealed that she has been a fan of the show even before she was cast and she watched the show last year with her entire family. She recalled thinking how it would be a great show to be a part of since it ‘was number one in India’. Then, this year, director Prakash Jha reached out to her, asking her if was interested in playing the character of Sonia. Gupta joked that she sometimes tells people that she had ‘manifested’ the role.

Jha told the actress how he thought she would suit the role well and that he could only see Gupta essay the role. In the video, Jha is also seen opening up about the character, calling her ‘smart’ and someone with ‘ambitions’ and ‘greed’. Bobby Deol too weighed in on the character.

Check out the full video below:

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Aashram follows the story of Baba Nirala, a con man masquerading as a godman or preacher to dupe people. In addition to Gupta and Deol, the series also features Aaditi Pohankar, Chandan Roy Sanyal, Darshan Kumaar, Anupria Goenka, Adhyayan Suman, Tridha Choudhury, Vikram Kochhar, Tushar Pandey, Anuritta Jha, Rajeev Siddhartha, Parinitaa Seth, Tanmay Ranjan, Preeti Sood, Jahangir Khan, Kanupriya Gupta and Navdeep Tomar in pivotal roles.

Aashram 3 will be available for streaming on MX Player from June 3 onwards.

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