41. Little Things (2016)
A cohabiting couple in their 20s navigates the ups and downs of work, modern-day relationships, finding themselves with their upcoming problems and solutions, and maintaining a healthy relationship. Watch how Dhruv and Kavya set a couple of goals for generations to come.
Cast: Mithila Palkar, Dhruv Sehgal
Original network: Netflix
Season: 5
IMDb: 8.2/10
42. Broken But Beautiful
The series revolves around love, heartbreaks, and a never-ending romance between two individuals. It is the story of Veer and Sameera who both are heartbroken in their lives and when they meet they both try to heal each other from the hurting and eventually slowly start falling for each other.
Cast: Vikrant Massey, Harleen Sethi
Original network: Zee5, AltBalaji
Season: 3
IMDb: 9/10
43. Avrodh: The Siege Within (2020)
This military drama is a fictional remake of the 2016 Uri Attack and the following surgical strikes. It is based on the chapter from the book India’s most fearless by Shiv Aroor and Rahul Singh. The story covers the death of the militant leader Bilawal Wani and the aftermath of militancy in J&K.
Cast: Amit Sadh, Madhurima Tuli, Darshan Kumar, Shehzad Shaikh, Anil George
Original network: Sony Liv
Season: 2
IMDb: 7.5/10
44. She (2020)
She follows the story of a female constable in the Indian Police Force who has been inducted into the Anti-Narcotics Group to fight a major drug lord. It also represents a woman who can do anything for her country too, the character is empowered and it depicts the idea that a woman’s body can work well to control her surroundings.
Cast: Aaditi Pohankar, Vijay Varma, Vishwas Kini, Saqib Ayab, Vishwas Sagar, Kishore Kumar G
Original network: Netflix
Season: 2
IMDb: 6.5/10
45. Never Kiss Your Best friend (2020)
The story revolves around two best friends, Tanie and Sumer, who meet after 5 long years of separation. A heart-warming story that redefines the rules of friendship.
Cast: Nakuul Mehta, Anya Singh, Niki Walia
Original network: Zee5 & AltBalaji
Season: 3
IMDb: 8.8 /10
46. Scam 1992 (2020)
This Hansal Mehta series raised the bar for Indian web content in 2020, and the impact of this Pratik Gandhi-led series will surely go a long way. In the space where violence and gore sell like hotcakes, Mehta’s show proved that good content does not require to be dumbed down to reach the masses. With just a couple of episodes, Scam 1992, based on Harshad Mehta’s securities scam, draws you completely into the world of the share market. Everything from its theme music, to its simplification of technical jargon, to even its choice of filter worked in the show’s favor. The casting of the show has been praised in the last couple of months and deservedly so.
Cast: Pratik Gandhi, Shreya Dhanwanthary, Hemant Kher
Original network: SonyLiv
Season: 1
IMDb: 9.4 /10
47. Aarya (2020)
Aarya, Sushmita Sen-led series just did not waste any time in building up to the premise. Soon after the first episode began, it was obvious that Aarya was going to be a binge-worthy ride and it proved to be so with every episode that rolled out after. The layered characterization, Sushmita Sen’s screen presence, and the smart use of old Hindi film music also helped Aarya’s cause.
Cast: Sushmita Sen
Original network: Disney+ Hotstar
Season: 3
IMDb: 7.6 /10
48. Bandish Bandits (2020)
In the era of crime-drama web series, Bandish Bandits took the audience by complete surprise. It only took a couple of episodes to get enthralled by the world of classical music that this series created. While the music was a significant pillar of this show, Bandish Bandits stood strong on the shoulders of its story.
Cast: Sheeba Chadha, Rajesh Tailang, Atul Kulkarni and Naseeruddin Shah
Original network: Prime Video
Season: 2
IMDb: 8.5 /10
49. A Simple Murder (2020)
This deliciously dark comedy came as a breath of fresh air. Starring Mohd Zeeshan Ayyub, Sushant Singh, Amit Sial, and Priya Anand among others, the series took an absurdist approach to its sometimes serious content. For the most part, A Simple Murder was so well done that you couldn’t help but marvel at its writing and performances.
Cast: Mohd Zeeshan Ayyub, Sushant Singh, Amit Sial, Priya Anand
Original network: SonyLiv
Season: 1
IMDb: 6.7 /10
50. Flesh (2020)
Another crime drama series, this one was quite traditional in its approach towards good vs evil where, for a change, the protagonist was a good cop fighting hard against crime. Led by an impressive Swara Bhasker, Flesh was quite graphic and gory in its representation of human trade, but with its use of repulsive visuals, the show drove the point home.
Cast: Swara Bhasker
Original network: ErosNow
Season: 1
IMDb: 5.1 /10
51. The Gone Game (2020)
The Gone Game was filmed during the lockdown and was a unique effort by the creators and actors. The show’s usage of technology, in terms of Zoom calls, and text messages, was exemplary and in my opinion, better than many shows that are made with all the resources at hand. While Gone Game wasn’t extraordinary in the story department, it more than made up for it by effectively translating to the screen the paranoia that had consumed us during the coronavirus-induced lockdown.
Cast: Shweta Tripathi
Original network: Voot
Season: 2
IMDb: 8.1 /10
52. Laakhon Mein EK ! (2017)
Laakhon Mein Ek is an Indian web television series created by Biswa Kalyan Rath. Aakash Gupta wants to make mimicry videos and become an internet sensation, but his father wants him to be an IITian and an engineer. He doesn’t get admission to any college in Raipur after getting 55 percent marks in board exams. His father sends him to a coaching institute Genius Infinity in Visakhapatnam where he gets sent to section D, where the students with the least marks on the 10th Board are enrolled. He befriends his roommates Chudail and Bakri. He lands up at Genius Infinity, a residential institute where people walk around with their noses in books and geeks are the alpha males. We see him try his damned hardest but it’s clear that IITs are beyond his reach.
Cast: Biswa Kalyan Rath, Shweta Tripathi, Ritvik Sahore, Alam Khan, Sandeep Mehta, and Shivkumar Subramaniam
Original network: Prime video
Season: 2
IMDb: 8.3/10
53. Aspirants (2021)
Old Rajinder Nagar and Mukherjee Nagar in Delhi are the centre of UPSC Aspirants. Union Public Service Examination is a dream for many all over the country. The story revolves around Abhilash and his two friends, trying to crack exams, face failure, and teach life lessons about friendship and hard work. With an amazing soundtrack, the story pendulums between the past and present, how friendship and priorities change. It also topped the list of web series in 2021.
Cast: Naveen Kasturia, Shivankit Singh, Abhilash Thapliyal, Sunny Hinduja, and Namita Dubey
Original network: YouTube and TVF
Season: 2
IMDb: 9.7/10
54. Mumbai Diaries 26/11 (2021)
The 2008 Mumbai terrorist attack created a ripple of fear. The story follows the staff of Bombay General Hospital and the Emergency Room of the hospital. It explores the challenges and the way the staff dealt with this huge crisis. In the battle to save lives and heal others, the ones helping are the most broken.
Cast: Mohit Raina, Konkana Sen Sharma, Mrunmayee Deshpande, Satyajeet Dubey, and Natasha Bharadwaj
Original network: Prime video
Season: 2
IMDb: 9.1/10
55. Dhindora (2021)
A comedy Hindi web series released in 2021, created by YouTuber Bhuvan Bam. It explores the middle-class everyday task of Bhuvan and his family. How an unexpected lottery ticket can change the course of events. A common man’s larger-than-life dreams and aspirations come in all honesty on the screen.
Cast: Bhuvan Bam
Original network: YouTube
Season: 1
IMDb: 9.8/10
56. The Great Indian Murder (2022)
Directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia, the murder case of Vicky Rai puts everyone in his life under the lens of suspicion. Suraj Yadav, CBI (Gandhi), and Sudha Bharadwaj, DCP (Chadha) together investigate several versions of a single event, keeping their audience guessing till the very end. Based on the book ‘Six Suspects’ by Vikas Swarup. Now the question is who murdered Vicky Rai? This is being considered as one of the best Hindi web series of 2022 by the critics.
Cast: Pratik Gandhi, Paoli Dam, Richa Chadha, and Tanmay Ranjan
Original network: Disney+Hotstar
Season: 1
IMDb: 7.6/10
57. Rocket Boys (2022)
This biographical web series takes us to the lives of Homi J. Bhabha and Vikram Sarabhai. Their friendship, hardships, and three decades of India becoming a scientifically independent nation. The dreams and visions of India’s Nuclear Program and the Indian Space Program by the two men who made this a possibility. Everything leading up to the moment of India’s first rocket launch.
Cast: Jim Sarbh, Ishwak Singh, Regina Cassandra, and Neha Chauhan
Original network: Sony Liv
Season: 2
IMDb: 9.3/10
58. Rudra: The Edge of Darkness (2022)
This Indian psychological crime thriller is the remake of the British series Luther. With the omnipresent crime in the streets of Mumbai, DCP Rudraveer Singh has the duty to protect his city from the psychopaths that loom around. it is a brilliant show, well-directed, and a binge-worthy thriller series.
Cast: Rashi Khanna, Esha Deol, Ajay Devgn, and Ashwini Kalsekar
Original network: Disney + Hotstar
Season: 1
IMDb: 7.1/10
59. The Night Manager (2023)
Starring stars Anil Kapoor, Aditya Roy Kapur and Sobhita Dhulipala, Hotstar’s The Night Manager is an enthralling and compelling series that follows the life of Shaan Sen Gupta, a former Indian soldier, who must infiltrate an arms dealer’s inner circle to bring down his empire. Created by Sandeep Modi, the series is a remake of the British television series The Night Manager (2016) based on John Le Carre’s novel of the same name.
Cast: Anil Kapoor, Aditya Roy Kapur, Sobhita Dhulipala
Original network: Disney + Hotstar
Season: 2
IMDb: 7.6/10
60. Farzi (2023)
Farzi is a black comedy crime thriller series created, produced and directed by Raj & DK. The show centres on Sunny, an excellent artist who is thrust into the high-stakes realm of currency fraud when he designs the perfect fake currency note. While Sunny is on his ride, a fiery task force officer is on a mission to rid the country of his menaces in a fast-paced, edgy one-of-a-kind thriller.
Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Vijay Sethupathi
Original network: Amazon Prime Video
Season: 2
IMDb: 8.4/10
61. Undekhi (2020)
The series shows the two sides of the society – the powerful people who think they can get away with anything and the oppressed, who finally decide to bring themselves to justice. A dancer is killed in a fit of rage at the wedding of the descendant of the Atwal family. A policemen comes looking for the girl, while a film crew wants to expose the Atwals for their crime.
Cast: Harsh Chhaya, Surya Sharma
Original network: SonyLiv
Season: 3
IMDb: 7.9/10
62. Sandeep Bhaiya (2023)
This series tells the story of a failed UPSC aspirant who inspires a tiffin service provider and becomes her mentor to help her become an IFS officer
Cast: Sunny Hinduja, Deepali Gautam
Original network: TVF
Season: 1
IMDb: 9.1/10
63. Jamtara (2020)
A small group of village young men run a high-paying phishing operation, until a corrupt politician wants money from their scheme — and a new cop wants to fight against them all.
Cast: Amit Sial, Monika Panwar
Original network: Netflix
Season: 2
IMDb: 7.3/10
64. Gyaarah Gyaarah (2024)
The plot tells a story of time-travelling and communication across the timelines 1990, 2001, 2016 to solve mysteries. Following events tells the interconnected stories of characters who attempt to solve the long-buried secrets through a magical radio that connects the past and the future.
Cast: Raghav Juyal, Kritika Kamra
Original network: ZEE5
Season: 1
IMDb: 8.1/10
65. Maharani (2021)
This is story, where Rani Bharti is a housewife and the wife of Bihar’s chief minister Bheema. All she cares about is her house and her husband. Her life takes a turn when her husband is made to announce the name of his successor. he makes Rani his successor, leaving everyone shocked.
Cast: Huma Qureshi, Uday Atroliya
Original network: SonyLiv
Season: 3
IMDb: 7.9/10
66. Kaala Paani (2023)
When a mysterious illness spread upon the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. There is a desperate search for survival and to find a cure.
Cast: Sukant Goel, Amey Wagh
Original network: Netflix
Season: 1
IMDb: 8.1/10
67. Aranyak (2021)
In the fictional Himachal Pradesh town of Sironah, two honest officers, both battling their own past, try to find the person who is responsible for the rape and murder of a teenage girl
Cast: Raveena Tandon, Ashutosh Rana
Original network: Netflix
Season: 1
IMDb: 7.7/10
68. The Railway Men (2023)
Based on railway workers who saved many lives during the 1984 gas tragedy at the chemical company Union Carbide India Limited‘s plant in Bhopal. This series tells the story of extraordinary heroism shown by the employees of the Indian Railways in Bhopal.
Cast: Madhavan, Kay Kay Menon
Original network: Netflix
Season: 1
IMDb: 8.5/10
69. Code M (2020)
The series revolves around an Indian Army lawyer, Monica Mehra, who gets involved in an investigation relating to a conspiracy military encounter case. She ends up realizing that the key to the mystery lies in her past.
Cast: Jennifer Winget, B Shantanu
Original network: ALT Balaji
Season: 2
IMDb: 7.4/10
70. ImMATURE (2019)
ImMATURE tells the story of three bestfriends – Dhruv, Chacha and Chutney who are high school. This series shows the everyday life of a teenager, friendships, first love, first heartbreak, in a very funny way. And if you are the teenager you must watch it.
Cast: Omkar Kulkarni, Naman Jain
Original network: Amazon Prime Video
Season: 3
IMDb: 8.6/10
3 comments
I have seen 6 out of these and they are actually worth watching. I was looking for some more suggestions to watch. Will definitely go for the rest.
You can check the list now.
Hope you will love watching the latest ones!
I have seen almost all of them and can totally say that Indian web series have upped their game in recent times.