Not sure what web series to watch?? We got you the Top 10 Indian web series to binge watch. Scroll down to know more about the binge worthy Indian series to keep you entertained.
We all know Indian film industry is growing drastically. Movies and celebrities in India are celebrated like festivals and gods. Approximately 2000 movies are released every year in India across language diversity and sells 3.6 billion tickets globally, that is nine times of what Hollywood sells. This makes India a leading film industry in the world in terms of releasing movies and selling tickets. In last 5 years, the industry had also started making lot of notable web series like Scam 1992, The Family Man, Kota Factory, Ayali, Heeramandi, Suzhal: The Vortex, Kaala Paani, Little things etc. Let’s look into the top 10 Indian web series to binge watch
Top 10 Indian Web Series to Binge watch
10. Breathe (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Mayank Sharma
Music: Alokananda Dasgupta
Cast: Madhavan, Amit Sadh, Atharva Vishwakarma, Hrishikesh Joshi, Sapna Pabbi, Shriswara, Neena Kulkarni
No. of. Seasons: 1
No. of Episodes: 8
OTT: Amazon Prime
Release Date: Jan 26, 2018
Original Language: Hindi
Officer Kabir (Amit Sadh) is searching for the murder who is responsible for the killings of organ donors. He encounters an unusual suspect Danny (Madhavan) while solving the case. The story is a well written cat and mouse play about saving the one they love. Breathe raises one question about how far will you go to save your loved ones? The engaging thriller story is one of the Top 10 Indian web to binge watch. The series became a huge hit leading the creators to make “Breathe: Into the Shadows” which has same core but not connected with “Breathe”
09. Farzi (2023)
Genre: Black Comedy, Crime Thriller
Director: Raj & DK
Music: Sachin Sanghvi, Jigar Saraiya, Tanishk Bagchi
Cast: Vijay Sethupathi, Shahid Kapoor, Raashii Khanna, Kay Kay Menon, Bhuvan Arora
No. of. Seasons: 1
No. of Episodes: 8
OTT: Amazon Prime
Release Date: Feb 10, 2023
Original Language: Hindi
Farzi is a crime thriller series about counterfeiting. An exceptional small time artist Sunny (Shahid Kapoor) is pushed into the high-risk world of counterfeiting when he designs the ideal fake money note. On the other hand, Michael Vedanayagam IPS (Vijay Sethupathi) is a Special Task Force officer who is on a mission to eradicate counterfeiting in India. The diversity in casting and engaging narration makes it a binge worthy series and listed in Top 10 Indian web series to binge watch. The series also has a crossover scene with “The Family Man” which was also created by Raj & DK
08. Sacred Games (2018)
Genre: Crime, Neo-noir, Conspiracy, Thriller, Mystery
Based on: Sacred Games by Vikram Chandra
Director: Anurag Kashyap & Vikramaditya Motwane (Season 1), Neeraj Ghaywan (Season 2)
Music: Alokananda Dasgupta, Rachita Arora, Phenom, Divine
Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Elnaaz Norouzi, Radhika Apte, Pankaj Tripathi, Kalki Koechlin
No. of. Seasons: 2
No. of Episodes: 16
OTT: Netflix
Release Date: July 06, 2018
Original Language: Hindi
An honest police officer Sartaj Singh (Saif Ali Khan) gets a call from Ganesh Gaitonde (Nawazuddin Siddiqui), a fugitive gang leader who has been underground for 16 years whose ominous warning prompts the officer on a quest to prevent a Mumbai apocalypse. On his journey, he is assisted by Research and Analysis (Raw) officer Anjali Mathur (Radhika Apte); flashbacks depict Gaitonde’s beginnings and his rise to prominence as a crime lord in Mumbai. Since there was mixed reviews for season 2, the production scrapped the plan of making season 3.
07. The Family Man (2019)
Genre: Espionage, Action Thriller, Black Comedy
Director: Raj & DK
Music: Sachin Sanghvi, Jigar Saraiya, Ketan Sodha
Cast: Manoj Bajpayee, Priyamani, Ashlesha Thakur, Sharib Hashmi, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Shreya Dhanwanthary
No. of. Seasons: 2
No. of Episodes: 19
OTT: Amazon Prime
Release Date: Sept 20, 2019
Original Language: Hindi
The Family Man portrays the story of a middle-aged man Srikant Tiwari (Manoj Bajpayee) who works as a world class spy in National Investigation Agency (NIA) of India along with his colleague and best friend JK Talpade (Sharib Hashmi). The first season of this show depicts the unsettling personal life of Srikant Tiwari (Manoj Bajpayee) while simultaneously following an investigation of an imminent terrorist attack along with his subordinates. The plot of second season focuses on a Sri Lankan military group akin to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and their ambitions for a freedom struggle. The series is inspired by articles from real newspapers. After the huge success of both the seasons, the team had also started making season 3 which might launch in Amazon Prime either by the end of 2024 or by the start of 2025.
06. Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar (2024)
Genre: Historical Drama
Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Music: Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Cast: Manisha Koirala, Sonakshi Sinha, Aditi Rao Hydari, Richa Chadha, Sanjeeda Sheikh, Sharmin Segal Mehta, Jason Shah, Taha Shah Badussha.
No. of. Seasons: 1
No. of Episodes: 8
OTT: Netflix
Release Date: May 01, 2024
Original Language: Hindi
The lives of the tawaifs of Lahore’s red-light district of Heera Mandi are chronicled in the historical drama Heeramani: Diamond Bazaar, set against the backdrop of the 1940s Indian independence movement against British Authority. An elite house of courtesans is governed by devious Mallikajaan (Manisha Koirala), but as rebellion grows in British ruled India, a new challenger poses a danger to her authority. The grandeur sets and picturization along with the great narration of Sanjay Leela Bhansali makes the series to list in Top 10 Indian web series to binge watch. The director clarified that Heeramandi will not have season 2.
05. Ayali (2023)
Genre: Family, Drama, Thriller
Director: Muthukumar
Music: Revaa
Cast: Abi Nakshatra, Anumol, Madhan, Lovelyn Chandrasekha, Linga, Singampuli
No. of. Seasons: 1
No. of Episodes: 8
OTT: Zee5
Release Date: Jan 26, 2023
Original Language: Tamil
Ayali is a family drama that revolves around the life of a young teenage girl Tamizhselvi (Abi Nakshatra) who opposes the awful 500-year-old practices and traditions that inadvertently oppress the women of Veerappannai and dreams of becoming a doctor. This web is series is listed as number 5 among the Top 10 Indian web series to binge watch as it has many relatable scenes about the conservative culture in Indian villages. Since the story ends in season 1 and has no continuity, there will be no season 2.
04. Panchayat (2020)
Genre: Comedy Drama
Director: Deepak Kumar Mishra
Cast: Jitendra Kumar, Neena Gupta, Raghubir Yadav, Sanvikaa, Chandan Roy, Faisal Malik
Music: Anurag Saikia
No. of. Seasons: 2
No. of Episodes: 16
OTT: Amazon Prime
Release Date: April 03, 2020
Original Language: Hindi
Panchayat is a comedy drama which portrays the journey of Abhishek Tripathi (Jitendra Kumar), An engineering graduate who becomes the secretary of a Panchayat office in a remote village of Uttar Pradesh as he can’t find a better job. Stuck between a challenging country living and insane villagers, Abishek’s (Jitendra Kumar) only goal while starting the new job is to leave the place as soon as possible
03. Kota Factory (2019)
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Director: Raghav Subbu
Cast: Mayur More, Ranjan Raj, Alam Khan, Jitendra Kumar, Revathi Pillai, Urvi Singh, Ahsaas Channa, Harish Peddinti
Music: Karthik Rao, Simran Hora
No. of. Seasons: 2
No. of Episodes: 10
OTT: Netflix
Release Date: April 16, 2019
Original Language: Hindi
The story of Kota Factory takes place in Kota, Rajasthan which is considered as an educational hub well-known for its coaching facilities. The drama follows the life of 16-year-old Vaibhav Pandey (Mayur More), an Itrasi who relocates to Kota. Kota Factory is the India’s first “Black and White” show that highlights the life and problems of students in that city along with Vaibhav’s attempt to get into IIT by cracking the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE)
02. Aspirants (2021)
Genre: Coming-of-age, Drama
Director: Apoorv Singh Karki
Cast: Naveen Kasturia, Namita Dubey, Abhilash Thapliyal, Shivankit Singh Parihar, Sunny Hinduja
Music: Rohit Sharma, Tusshar Mallek, Nilotpal Bora
No. of. Seasons: 2
No. of Episodes: 10
OTT: Amazon Prime
Release Date: April 07, 2021
Original Language: Hindi
The show “Aspirants” is a coming-of-age drama web series about the past and present of three friends Abhilash Sharma (Naveen Kasturia), Gurpreet aka Guri (Shivankit Singh Parihar) and Shwetketu aka SK (Abhilash Thapliyal), who are preparing for UPSC exam. The show depicts the professional and personal challenges, ups and downs in their lives and their connections with their families and each other. The story is set in Old Rajinder Nagar, Delhi which is a home for several coaching institutes and hostels for UPSC aspirants. The highly relatable story of the series makes it one of the Top 10 Indian web series to binge watch. The web series is produced by The Viral Fever (TVF) who also produced the “Kota Factory”.
01. Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story (2020)
Genre: Financial Thriller, Biography, Crime, Drama
Director: Hansal Mehta, Jai Mehta
Cast: Pratik Gandhi, Shreya Dhanwanthary, Hemant Kher, Anjali Barot, Chirag Vohra, Brinda Trivedi, Anant Mahadevan
Music: Achint Thakkar
No. of. Seasons: 1
No. of Episodes: 10
OTT: SonyLIV
Release Date: Oct 09, 2020
Original Language: Hindi
Scam 1992 is a financial thriller and biography of Harshad Shantilal Mehta (Pratik Gandhi) who is an Indian stockbroker who is responsible for India’s biggest financial scam worth of Rs. 250 crores in 1992. The story shows the interest of Harshad Mehta in stock market and his struggles from his early stages of his career to becoming one of the greatest stock brokers in India. After scamming 250 crores with State Bank of India (SBI), the downfall of Harshad Mehta (Pratik Gandhi) started as he was exposed by Sucheta Dalal (Shreya Dhanwanthary) who is a business journalist well known for her investigative reports on Indian stock markets. Because of its engaging screenplay and narration it is considered as the best Indian web series to binge watch.