Ashtami: Will Ayushmaan reveal the truth about Purushottam to Ashtami?

‘Ashtami’ has been treating the audience with back-to-back high-voltage episodes packed with gripping storyline. The Bengali television show narrates the story of a girl aiming to spread awareness against injustice under the guise of age-old superstitious practices. Ashtami enters Nabogram as a school-teacher, with the responsibility of educating young minds but is constantly faced with resistance. As per the current track of the show, Purushottam Singha, the zamindar of Nabogram, is devising plans to punish his own daughter Irabati along with Ashtami. On one hand, Purushottam plans to establish Irabati as Bourani’s vessel for the next one year so that Irabati is stripped of any kind of humane indulgence. On the other hand, Ashtami gets injured while trying to save Irabati from his clasp. Ayushmaan tends to Ashtami after she is heavily injured and sits by her side. While Ashtami is drowsy from her headache, Ayushmaan tells her that he suspected an attack on her and thus had alerted her. Ashtami asks Ayushmaan, if he knows who is behind this attack on her. Ashtami also tells him that she believes Purushottam is instructing his men to harm her. Ayushmaan stays silent. In his mind, he knows that his father is responsible for all this but doesn’t say a word out loud. Will Ayushmaan ever reveal to Ashtami the truth about his father Purushottam?

As per the storyline of ‘Ashtami’, the people of Nabogram worship their age-old myth of a local deity known as Bourani. The villagers believe that on a particular day, Bourani possesses her greatest devotee, answers prayers, and warns of impending dangers. Bourani’s vessel used to be the head priest once upon a time, but since his mysterious disappearance a couple of decades ago – the zamindar of the region Purushottam, seems to be the chosen one. Ashtami arrives in Nabogram and quickly realizes that the simple locals are being hoodwinked and taken advantage of, by Purushottam, who poses as a Godman. Ashtami becomes a thorn in Purushottam's side. Purushottam plans to stop Ashtami by hook or crook and that leads to an accident that leaves Ashtami visually impaired. Apart from Ritobrota Dey in the titular role, ‘Ashtami’ features actor Saptarshi Maulik in the role of Ayushmaan and Kaushik Chakrabarty as Purushottam.