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An honest attempt at accounting the rise and fall of Asaram Bapu
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
|February 01, 2025
Cult Of Fear: Asaram Bapu Direction: Naman Govil Cast: Mahendra Chawla, PC Solanki, Neelam Dubey
Imagine amassing 40 million followers, ready to do anything you command at the drop of a hat. Things can take a dark turn pretty quickly and the empire can come crashing down. That's exactly what Cult of Fear: Asaram Bapu is all about.
Divided into three episodes of about 45 minutes each, the docuseries tries to explore what led to the meteoric rise of Indian spiritual leader and convicted rapist Asaram Bapu — and the subsequent downfall.
This story is from the February 01, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Bengaluru.
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