Highlights
2024 has been fruitful for the Indian OTT releases with several unique and outstanding genres and stories gracing the screens, even benefitting from repeated watches. Here are the Top 10 highly rated Indian Web series according to the IMDb user ratings, specifically above the rating of 5.
Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar
Sanjay Leela Bansali’s visual and narrative brilliance shines once again like a diamond. The 2024 release, ‘Heeramandi’ found traction not just in India but worldwide with fans intrigued and sucked in into the world of Tawaifs of the mid 20th century. The series with 8 episodes is rated a full score by over 51% of the IMDb users and more critical responses from the general audience.
Cast: Manisha Kooirala, Sonakshi Sinha, Aditi Rao Hydari, Richa Chadha, Sharmin Segal, Sanjeeda Sheikh.
IMDb Rating: 6.3/10 (All time)
Stream on: Netflix
Mirzapur (Season 3)
Originally created by Karan Anshuman and Puneet Krishna, the action crime thriller revolved around “Kaleen” Tripathi, a crime gang leader and a businessman and the head of Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh. His multi million bucks carpet business is in cross roads when an incident in a wedding invites an upstanding lawyer, Ramakant Pandit, leading to a game of ambition, greed. The third season of the series has been rated a complete score by thousands in the IMDb site.
Cast: Pankaj Tripathi, Ali Fazal, Divyendu Sharma, Rasika Dugal, Shwetha Tripathi.
IMDb Rating: 8.4/10 (All Time)
Stream on: Amazon Prime
Panchayat (Season 3)
The Hindi language comedy created by Chandan Kumar and directed by Deepak Kumar Mishra follows the story of an engineering graduate appointed as Phulera’s Panchayat Secretary in the interior part of Uttar Pradesh. The series, in its third season, is now one of the top three most rated IMDb web series.
Cast: Jitendra Kumar, Raghubir Yadav, Neena Gupta, Faisal Malik, Chandan Roy, Durgesh Kumar.
IMDb Rating: 9/10 (All time)
Stream on: Amazon Prime
Gyaarah Gyaarah
A Korean series adaptation, this Hindi language fantasy crime thriller is directed by Umesh Bhat. The premise of ‘Gyaarah Gyaarah’ is of a magical radio that somehow connects between timelines and helps two sets of police in solving an enquiring crimes.
Cast: Kritika Kamra, Raghav Juyal, Dhairya Karwa, Gautami Kapoor.
IMDb Rating: 8.2/10 (All Time)
Stream On: Zee 5
Citadel: Honey Bunny
From the makers of Family Man, Raj & DK have directed the Indian reboot of the world famous Citadel: Honey Bunny. The Indian version can be considered as a prequel or spinoff with the main leads revealed to be as the parents of the original protagonist. This series after release hit it off with an action pumped, thrilling experience.
Cast: Varun Dhawan, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Kay Kay Menon, Sikander Kher, Saqib Saleem, Simran Bagga.
IMDb Rating: 6.2/10 (All Time)
Stream On: Amazon Prime
Maamla Legal Hai
A Courtroom Drama with quirky, humorous and satirical characters who are at the District Court Patparganj, Delhi. This fun take of a modern courtroom with quintessential and funny characters is sure to bring a laughing riot along with its social commentary.
Cast: Ravi Kishan, Naila Grrewal, Anant V Joshi, Yashpal Sharma, Nidhi Bisht, Brijendra Kala.
IMDb Rating: 8/10 (All Time)
Stream On: Netflix
Taaza Khabar
Written and Directed by Abbas Dalal and Hussain Dalal, this comedy thriller follows the story of Vasya Gawade, a sanitary worker who stumbles upon a magical boon that allows him to predict the future. Like any other person, he uses the boon to his advantage, further making a dent in not just his life but people around him too.
Cast: Bhuvan Bam, Shriya Pilgaonkar, J. D. Chakravarthy, Deven Bhojani, Prathmesh Parab.
IMDb Rating: 8.1/10 (All Time)
Stream On: Disney Plus Hotstar
Murder in Mahim
Based on Jerry Pinto’s bestseller novel of the same title, the Hindi language crime thriller drama is directed by Raj Acharya. The story is about a crime committed in the darker parts of Mumbai by two friends- one a police officer Shivajirao Jende and a journalist Peter Fernandez.
Cast: Vijay Raaz, Ashutosh Rana, Shivani Raghuvanshi, Shivaji Satam.
IMDb Rating: 7.5/10 (All Time)
Stream On: Jio Cinema
Shekhar Home
One of the many adaptations of the infamous Arthur Conan Doyle’s ‘Sherlock Holmes’ stories, the recent Indian series directed by Aniruddha Guha and Srijit Mukerjee is produced by BBC Studios Productions.
Cast: Kay Kay Menon, Ranvir Shorey, Rasika Dugal, Kriti Kulhari.
IMDb Rating: 7.9/10 (All Time)
Stream On: Jio Cinema
The Great Indian Kapil Show
The OG gang of reality television has been adapted for the OTT viewers, The Great Indian Kapil Show follows the same format as Comedy Nights with Kapil and The Kapil Sharma Show. The first and second season of the comedy sketch interview show released in 2024 with worldwide reception.
Cast: Kapil Sharma, Archana Puran Singh, Sunil Grover, Kiku Sharda.
IMDb Rating: 6.5/10 (All Time)
Stream On: Netflix
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