In the first half of 2024, we saw the release of many exciting and engaging web shows, including new seasons of popular series like Mirzapur Season 3, Panchayat Season 3, Gullak Season 4, and more, as well as new titles such as Sanjay Leela Bhansali‘s Heeramandi, crime thriller Shekhar Home and others. Below, we’ve curated a list of the best Indian web shows of 2024 so far, which you can binge on various online streaming platforms like Netflix, SonyLIV, Amazon Prime Video, and more.
1. Gullak Season 4 – SonyLIV
The new season of Gullak continues to focus on the members of the middle-class family, which includes Santosh Mishra, his wife Shanti, and their sons — Annu and Aman, who navigate through the ups and downs in life. The slice-of-life drama brilliantly captures the essence of the Mishra family, who find happiness in little moments that brighten their day despite their financial constraints and other daily issues.
2. Mirzapur Season 3 – Amazon Prime Video
Picking up from where the previous part ended, Mirzapur Season 3 focuses on the rise of Guddu Bhaiya, who overthrows Kaleen Bhaiya to take over the throne of Mirzapur. Meanwhile, the latter forms unlikely alliances to regain the throne and avenge the death of his son Munna (played by Divyenndu Sharma). The ensemble cast of the much-talked-about show of 2024, includes Pankaj Tripathi, Ali Fazal, Rasika Dugal, Shweta Tripathi, Vijay Varma and Isha Talwar, among others.
3. Shekhar Home – JioCinema
An Indian version of the Sherlock Holmes saga, this mystery crime thriller takes us back to the early ’90s where a man named Shekhar teams up with his new flatmate to solve a series of complicated crime cases in Lonpur, Bengal. The web series headlined by Kay Kay Menon, Ranvir Shorey, Rasika Dugal, and Kirti Kulhari, has scored 8.4 on IMDb.
4. Kota Factory Season 3 – Netflix
There are only a few selective shows that manage to highlight the struggles of students, and Netflix’s Kota Factory explores this topic brilliantly. It tells the story of a teenager named Vaibhav Pandey (Mayur More), who moves to Kota to prepare for the IIT entrance exams. The third season of the Netflix series focuses on Vaibhav’s journey who battles self-doubt after receiving a poor score in the mock tests. What unfolds next forms the main plot of the third season.
5. Showtime Season 1 & 2 – Disney+ Hotstar
Starring Emraan Hashmi, Shriya Saran, Mouni Roy, Naseeruddin Shah, Rajeev Khandelwal, and Mahima Makwana in lead roles, this compelling drama sheds light on the power struggle in the world of entertainment. The series focuses on the battle between renowned producer Raghu Khanna and Mahika Nandy, a journalist-turned-producer, who is announced as the new head of Viktory Studios – one of the biggest production houses in the country.
6. Killer Soup – Netflix
Headlined by Manoj Bajpayee and Konkona Sen Sharma, this black comedy crime thriller follows a home chef, named Swathi Shetty, who comes up with an elaborate plan to replace her husband with her lover. However, the plan gets derailed when a police officer and an amateur group of goons get involved.
7. Panchayat Season 3 – Amazon Prime Video
Panchayat is another binge-worthy slice-of-life drama that deserves a spot on your watchlist. It tells the story of a young man from Delhi who faces several challenges after accepting the job of panchayat secretary in the remote fictional village of Phulera. The third season continues to focus on Sachivji, who is still thinking about his future while dealing with new challenges in the village. The series features Neena Gupta, Jitendra Kumar, Raghubir Yadav, Biswapati Sarkar, Chandan Roy, and Faisal Malik in prominent roles.
8. Brinda – SonyLIV
Actress Trisha Krishnan, who is well-known for her performances in Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam cinema, made her OTT debut in 2024 with SonyLIV’s web series, Brinda. The thriller series follows a police superintendent who attempts to solve a seemingly simple case, which soon turns into a nightmare when the shocking truth challenges her societal beliefs.
9. Heeramandi – Netflix
Created by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, this period drama is set against the backdrop of the Indian independence movement where the courtesans of Heeramandi, played a pivotal role in the cultural landscape of colonial India. The ace filmmaker recruited talented actors such as Manisha Koirala, Sonakshi Sinha, Aditi Rao Hydari, Richa Chadha, Sanjeeda Sheikh, and Sharmin Segal, among others, to headline the Netflix show.
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