Best Indian Web Series - Ratings & Apps To Watch

Rose Advani|Jan 15, 2020

Indian Web Series industry has turned out strongly recently with big names as Sacred Games or Mirzapur. See the best Indian web series and where to watch them online below!

Indian web series industry has turned to mass popularity for recent years with a big influence on some famous English web series as Game of Thrones and Hollywood superhero movies like DC comics Shazam.

This year, there is a strong growth of Indians web series which are expected to be dominant of this year with the big names as Sacred Games season 2 and Mirzapur season 2, and other attractive web series, which are now streaming on YouTube, TVF play, and other web series apps.

Starbiz.com collects here the list of best Indian web series in different categories that you must-watch, from the thrilling concept to the friendship, or romantic mood. You can also check where you can watch these series online.

Web series in India are increasing in either quality or popularity

List of best voted Indian web series online

Before going into details of top web series for each category, let's summarise which series you must watch, based on their ratings on reliable movie website IMDb.

No.

Top Indian web series Year Genres Ratings (/10)

1

Flames 2018- Comedy, Drama, Romance 9,3

2

Yeh Meri Family 2018- Comedy, Drama, Family

9,3

3

College Romance 2018- Comedy, Drama, Romance 9,2
4 TVF Pitchers 2015 Comedy, Drama

9,2

5

Kota Factory 2019- Comedy, Drama 9,2

6

Hostel Daze 2019- Comedy, Drama

9

7 ImMATURE 2019- Comedy, Drama, Romance

9

8

Sacred Games 2018- Action, Crime, Drama 8,8

9

The Family Man 2019- Action, Comedy, Drama 8,7

10

Cubicles

2019- Comedy, Drama 8,7

11

Permanent Roommates

2014- Comedy, Romance 8,6
12 TVF Tripling 2016- Drama

8,6

13 Mirzapur 2018- Action, Crime, Drama

8,5

14 The Aam Aadmi Family 2016- Comedy, Drama

8,5

15 Breathe 2018- Drama, Thriller

8,4

16

Apharan 2018- Action, Thriller 8,4
17 Laakhon Mein Ek 2017- Drama

8,3

18

TVF Bachelors 2016- Comedy 8,3
19 Criminal Justice 2019- Crime, Drama, Mystery

8,1

20

Inside Edge 2017- Drama, Sport 8
21 Bang Baaja Baaraat 2015- Comedy

8

22

Sex Chat with Pappu & Papa 2016- Comedy 8
23 A.I.SHA: My Virtual Girlfriend 2016- Sci-Fi, Thriller

7,7

24 Baked 2015- Comedy

7,6

25 Official Chukyagiri 2016- Drama

7,1

To help you get a better grip of these series' plot to decide which one to watch first, we divide them here into popular categories. You can read their brief introductions below!

Top Indian web series based on crime

The thrilling genre seems to be s fertile land for the development of web series in India. Audiences easily find their favorite time and thrilling web series. Outstandingly, Sacred Games and Mirzapur will land at first on the list of top Indian web series based on crime.

1. Sacred Games

The plot of this Indian web series is around the police officer Sartaj Singh, played by Saif Ali Khan, take responsibility as an anonymous lead about the location of criminal overlord Ganesh Gaitonde

(Nawazuddin Siddiqui). It is a dangerous cat-and-mouse game. Finally, Singh caught Gaitonde and saved Mumbai. The game is a series of crimes that Gaitonde has committed for years.

Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Radhika Apte, Neeraj Kabi

Channel: Netflix

Sacred Games is one of the hottest Indian web series based on crime

2. Mirzapur

Mirzapur is a crime thriller web television series which is showing a series shot in Mirzapur, which is primarily shot in Mirzapur, with some shots in Jaunpur, Azamgarh, Ghazipur, Lucknow and Gorakhpur around the drug combination, firearms and lawlessness

Cast: Pankaj Tripathi, Ali Fazal, Vikrant Massey, Divyendu Sharma

Channel: Amazon Prime

Mirzapur is a crime thriller web television series

3. Criminal Justice

Have you ever hear about a web series around a Bad Ass and Mind-Boggling? Criminal Justice is one type of them which make you from Oh Really to Oh No to OH MY GOD. The audience will find more twists and turns from the series with various types including Drama, Romance, Comedy or even provoking.

The web series features Vikrant Massey and he changes his characters at every inch.

Cast: Vikrant Massey, Jackie Shroff, Pankaj Tripathi, Rucha Inamdar, Pankaj Tripathi, etc.

Channel: Netflix

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Criminal Justice stars Vikrant Massey and Jackie Shroff

4. TVF Pitchers

Pitchers from TVF have come out as one of the most popular web series on YouTube in India along with the popularity of TVF. Arunabh Kumar found the right way to access the young generation. The show is a comedy-drama on how engineers working in different companies, from quit his job to build up his startup.

Cast: Naveen Bansal, Jitendra Maheshwari, Yogendra Kumar Pandey, Saurabh Mandal, Bhati, Rajat Khanna, Vineet.

Channel: TVF Play, YouTube

You can watch TVF Pitchers on its own channel or Youtube

5. Breathe

Breathe is a web series that give you an exploration of ordinary men’s lives facing extraordinary circumstances. The plot is around Kabir (Sadh), a brilliant but unconventional officer, tries to gather and assemble the details of some unrelated deaths.

Cast: Madhavan, Amit Sadh, Sapna Pabbi, Shriswara

Channel: Amazon Prime

Breathe promises you an exciting journey to explore people's lives

6. Delhi Crime (2019)

Based on the case of Nirbhaya, Delhi Crime is following the investigation by the Delhi Police into finding the men who perpetrated this crime.

The web series follows the investigation of a Delhi police to find out the crime. The series based on the case of Nirbhaya.

Cast: Shefali Shah, Rajesh Tailang, Rasika Dugal

Channel: Netflix

Delhi Crime was produced based on a real criminal case

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Best romantic Indian web series

If you are opting for the romantic genre, you can get some romantic Indian web series here. These web series mostly focus on love, faith, and happiness. Indian web series makers are trying to spread the love.

1. Chinese Bhasad

The show base on an Indian boy who fell in love with a Chinese girl. However, his parents refused his relationship and giving him no permission for dating with this Chinese girl.

Cast: Perneet Chauhan, Jameel Khan, Yashpal Sharma, and Monsoon Boruah

Channel: YouTube

Chinese Bhasad tells the love story of an Indian boy with a Chinese girl

2. Love Platters

The show is around the arranged marriage and true love marriage issue. Lover Palletter indicates the fact that up to 8 out of 10 Indian marriages were arranged before. And the show put a question that whether love marriages can be arranged?

Cast: Amit Diondyi, Pratibha Tiwari, Sudarshan Patil, and Deepti Dyondi

Channel: YouTube

Love Platters will share with you common Indian marriage issues

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YouTube Indian web series you must watch

If you don't want to log into web series app, here is the list of YouTube web series being ranked by YouTube engagements, followers, viewers.

1. Bang Baaja Baaraat

Bang Baaja Baaraat is produced by Y films, which had the parent company Yash Raj Films. This web series will focus on Aditya Chopra and highly concentrate on new and young talent separately.

The web series got a good response from the audience thanks to its quality content which containing new-gen reality in it. The show with amazing comedy episodes giving millions of views.

Cast: Ali Fazal, Ayesha Raza, Gajraj Rao, Rajit Kapur, Shernaz Patel, Preetika Chawla, Priyanshu Painyuli, Neil Bhoopalam & Angira Dhar.

Bang Baaja Baaraat is produced by Y films

2. Man’s World

Another web series of Y films, Man’s World shows the audience sensible series for a small difference by changing mindsets.

Kiran, a man feel that the world is unfair for men and he make a wish that men and women interchange their positions. Watching Man’s world to see what will happen?

Cast: Parineeti Chopra, Kalki Koechlin, Richa Chadda, Soni Razdan, Pritish Nandy, Rhea Chakraborty, and other stars.

Man's World ranks among the top YouTube Indian web series you must watch

3. Ladies Room

Ladies Room is also one of the Y-Films web series which tells a story of two besties and the mental adventures in six different bathrooms over the six-episode series. The plot is around the struggles among modern young girls.

Cast: Saba Azad, Shreya Dhanwanthary, Gopal Dutt, Pawan Utam, Jagdish Rajpurohit.

Want to know the struggles of modern girls? - Watch Ladies' Room!

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Best Indian web series App to visit

If you are crazy about Indian web series, you should note down these top Indian web series apps other than Youtube so that you can check countless series to watch in your free time!

1. Amazon Prime Video

2. Netflix

3. TVF

4. Hotstar

5. Mx Player

6. ALT Balaji

7. Zee5

8. Arre

9. Ullu

All in all, here is not a full list of best Indian web series that putting the audience on a much-awaited mood. However, the list handpicked you some of the top web series from the thriller genre to romantic love. You can watch these series directly on YouTube or aforementioned channels.

If you want to add some better Indian web series on this list, don’t hesitate to comment. Meanwhile, latest TV & Digital updates and Bollywood news are always available on Starbiz.com!

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