The new season of much-awaited psychological crime drama Asur premiered on Jio Cinema this week. Although fans were happy that their over three-year wait for Asur Season 2 finally came to an end, they were also upset with Jio Cinema for releasing Asur 2 in the one-episode per day format, as against releasing all eight episodes together, so that fans could binge-watch the entire season at one go.
However, an interesting development has now forced Jio Cinema to do exactly what fans wanted – releasing all episodes of Asur 2 on the platform together! Yes, all episodes of Asur Season 2 are now streaming on Jio Cinema since this afternoon.
But don’t be fooled into thinking that Jio Cinema is streaming all episodes of Asur 2 after giving in to audience demand. It’s not that. In fact, it’s just the opposite. The reason why Jio Cinema has been forced to release all episodes of Asur 2 is because the entire season of Asur 2 – all eight episodes, including six unreleased ones, have been leaked on Telegram by unscrupulous elements.
Telegram is one of the most widespread and common mediums that facilitates the illegal piracy of content in India. Most content unavailable in India on legal OTT platforms can be accessed on Telegram through pirated means. The same thing has happened with Asur Season 2. The entire season of the series leaked on Telegram the same day that it premiered on Jio Cinema.
Already, scores of people have watched all episodes of Asur Season 2 on Telegram, and even posted about it on social media. A few savvy social media users even advised Jio Cinema to release all episodes of Asur 2, given that people are anyways watching the show illegally on Telegram.
In keeping with these developments, it made perfect sense for Jio Cinema to stream all episodes of Asur 2 on its platform, before the leak became even more widespread. So now go watch all episodes of Asur 2 on Jio Cinema, before you are inundated with spoilers on social media.