# Mastram (2020)

> An aspiring author in 1980s India discovers that adding erotic content to his book finally brings sales.

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## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 10
- Episode runtime: 30 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: comedy, drama
- Created by: Harish Vyas
- Network: MX Player
- Cast: Anshuman Jha, Tara Alisha Berry, Aakash Dabhade, Jagat Rawat, Vipin Sharma, Shikha Sinha, Abha Paul, Kenisha Awasthi
- TMDB rating: 6.9/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12196626/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: none
- Tone: breezy, satirical, bawdy, irreverent, warm

## Synopsis

Mastram (2020) is an Indian Hindi-language comedy drama series created by Harish Vyas for MX Player. Set in 1980s small town India, it follows an aspiring author, Rajaram (Anshuman Jha), who struggles to sell his writing until he discovers that adding erotic content to his book finally brings in buyers. Around him, Madhu (Tara Alisha Berry) and Gopal (Aakash Dabhade) move through the cramped rhythms of a conservative town where private appetites and public morality constantly collide. Each of the ten half-hour episodes builds on the small schemes, embarrassments and near misses that follow Rajaram's ambitions, mixing bawdy farce with a sharper look at provincial hypocrisy. The tone is breezy and satirical, with warmth for its characters and a wry eye on how much a town pretends not to want what it reads. A single self-contained season makes it an easy, light watch. Viewers who enjoy Permanent Roommates and Kota Factory will find a similar mix of youthful ambition and comic embarrassment.

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