11 Best Indian Crime Series to watch if you haven’t already!
The most awaited moment of the year arrives. Mirzapur Season 2 is here…. and with this, I’ve decided to bring a list of the Best Indian Hindi Crime Series you should watch if you haven’t already. So Let’s start:
1. Mirzapur (IMDb Rating: 8.5)
Mirzapur is one of the most popular action crime thriller web series on Prime Video starring Pankaj Tripathi, Divyendu Sharma, Ali Fazal, Vikrant Massey, Shweta Tripathi, Shriya Pilgaonkar, Rasika Dugal, Harshita Gaur and Kulbhushan Kharbanda.
Main Plot: A shocking incident at a wedding procession ignites a series of events entangling the lives of two families in the lawless city of Mirzapur. The iron-fisted Akhandanand Tripathi is a millionaire carpet exporter and the mafia don of Mirzapur. His son, Munna, is an unworthy, power-hungry heir who will stop at nothing to inherit his father's legacy. An incident at a wedding procession forces him to cross paths with Ramakant Pandit, an upstanding lawyer, and his sons, Guddu and Bablu. It snowballs into a game of ambition, power and greed that threatens the fabric of this lawless city.
2. Sacred Games (IMDb Rating: 8.7)
Sacred Games is the first Netflix Original Series in India. It is again one of the most popular crime thriller web series based on Vikram Chandra’s 2006 novel Sacred Games, starring Saif Ali Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Radhika Apte, Girish Kulkarni, Neeraj Kabi, Jeetendra Joshi, Rajshri Deshpande, Karan Wahi, Sukhmani Sadana, Aamir Bashir, Jatin Sarna, Elnaaz Norouzi, Pankaj Tripathi, Amey Wagh, and Kubbra Sait.
Main Plot: When police officer Sartaj Singh receives an anonymous tip about the location of criminal overlord Ganesh Gaitonde, he embarks on a chase around Mumbai in what becomes a dangerous cat-and-mouse game. Amidst the chaos, trappings of a corrupt underworld are revealed. After being removed from the Gaitonde case, Singh begins his own investigation as he works to save Mumbai from impending doom. Flashbacks reveal some of the crimes that Gaitonde has committed through the years.
3. Aashram (IMDb Rating: 7.9)
Aashram is the latest 2020 web crime series on MX Player starring Bobby Deol, Aaditi Pohankar, Darshan Kumar, Chandan Roy Sanyal, Anupriya Goenka, Adhyayan Suman, Vikram Kochhar, Tridha Choudhury, Tushar Pandey, Rajeev Siddhartha, Sachin Shroff, Tanmaay Ranjan, Anurita Jha, Parinitaa Seth, Jahangir Khan, Kanupriya Gupta, Preeti Sood and Navdeep Tomar.
Main Plot: Based in the fictional city of Kashipur, is an empire created by a self-proclaimed Godman — Kashipur waale Baba Nirala, who derives his power from the influence he has over the lower strata of the society. He has often stood for them and they consider him to be their Messiah. A lower-caste girl Pammi, is drawn into his devotion as he comes to her rescue. The sudden resurfacing of a skeleton in the adjacent forest land disrupts the peace of the city in the crucial times of the upcoming state elections and all the links of the investigation mysteriously point towards one place — THE AASHRAM. Doubts begin to float about Baba Nirala truly being a Messiah.
4. Apharan (IMDb Rating: 8.3)
Apharan is a popular 2018 suspense crime thriller Hindi web series available on ALT Balaji, starring Nidhi Singh, Arunoday Singh, Varun Badola, Saanand Verma.
Main Plot: Rudra Srivastava, a senior inspector with Uttarakhand police is lured into kidnapping a young girl at her request. The plot begins as a simple plan to extort money in exchange for her release. When the chain of events go wrong and a series of lies unfold, he realizes that he is now a part of a deadly conspiracy. Will he be able to escape the outcome of his choices or become a victim of the web of lies?
5. Pataal Lok (IMDb Rating: 7.8)
Pataal Lok, 2020 Indian Hindi Crime-Thriller web series premiered on Prime Video based on Tarun Tejpal’s 2010 novel The Story of My Assassins, the series is about a disillusioned cop who lands the case of an assassination attempt gone wrong. Starring
Jaideep Ahlawat, Gul Panag, Neeraj Kabi, Swastika Mukherjee, Ishwak Singh, Abhishek Banerjee.
Main Plot: A down and out cop lands the case of a lifetime when four suspects are nabbed in the assassination attempt of a prime time journalist. The case turns out to be a devious maze where nothing is what it looks like. The pursuit of it leads him to the dark netherworld — the ‘Paatal Lok’, and to shocking discoveries in the past of the four suspects.
6. Special OPS (IMDb Rating: 8.6)
Special OPS is an Indian espionage thriller web series available on Disney plus Hotstar, starring Revathi Pillai, Kay Kay Menon, Karan Tacker, Vipul Gupta, Muzamil Ibrahim, Sana Khan, Meher Vij, Saiyami Kher, Divya Dutta, Vinay Pathak, Sajjad Delafrooz.
Main Plot: The series follows Himmat Singh of Research and Analysis Wing who draws similar patterns in terrorist attacks and is convinced a single person is behind all the attacks. His task force team of five agents living in various parts of the world aim to catch the mastermind. The story is based on an inspiration taken from nineteen years worth of nationally significant events.
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7. High (IMDb Rating: 8.4)
High is an upcoming thriller crime short web series on MX Player starring Akshay Oberoi, Ranvir Shorey, Mrinmayee Godbole, Shweta Basu Prasad,
Kunal Naik, Prakash Belawadi, Nakul Bhalla, Mantra Mugdh, Madhur Mittal, Subrat Dutta.
Main Plot: Shiv Mathur (Akshay Oberoi) is an addict struggling to get a grip on his life and eventually finds himself in a rehab facility. The rehab is run by Doctor Roy (Prakash Belawadi) and two other junior doctors, Shweta (Shweta Basu Prasad) and Nakul (Nakul Bhalla), who are working on a mysterious compound. This magical pill seems to have an edge above all, but is this miracle drug worth dying for? The existence and sampling of this pill create the biggest disruption in the illegal drugs market and manages to grab the attention of a professional assassin — Lakda (Ranvir Shorey), amongst many others. But will Shiv and the gang be able to achieve their dream? Or will they be eliminated?
8. Criminal Justice (IMDb Rating: 8.1)
Criminal Justice is an Indian Crime-Thriller series based on Criminal Justice by Peter Moffat, available on Disney Plus Hotstar starring Pankaj Tripathi, Vikrant Massey, Jackie Shroff, Anupriya Goenka, Mita Vashisht, Pankaj Saraswat, Rucha Inamdar, Madhurima Roy.
Main Plot: The series revolves around Vikrant’s character Aditya who was charged for murder. One night in Mumbai, a girl hired his taxi and ended up having a one night stand under the influence of drugs. When he woke up the girl was dead with a stab in her back and knife in Aditya’s hand. This resulted in him accused of murder and rejection of bail. The remaining plot is how he goes through the criminal justice system and prove his innocence.
9. The Family Man (IMDb Rating: 8.6)
The Family Man is an action thriller crime web series available on Prime Video, starring Manoj Bajpayee and Priyamani.
Main Plot: The Family Man is an edgy action-drama series, which tells the story of a middle-class man who works for a special cell of the National Investigation Agency. While he tries to protect the nation from terrorists, he also has to protect his family from the impact of his secretive, high-pressure, and low paying job.
10. Breathe: Into the Shadows (IMDb Rating: 7.7)
Breathe: Into the Shadows is an Indian Crime Drama web television series available on Prime Video starring Abhishek Bachchan, Amit Sadh, Nithya Menen, Saiyami Kher, Hrishikesh Joshi, Shrikant Verma, Plabita Borthakur, Ivana Kaur, Shruti Bapna.
Main Plot: A 6-year-old is kidnapped by a mysterious masked man, who demands an unusual ransom. To save his daughter, Dr. Avinash Sabharwal must kill someone. Meanwhile, Kabir Sawant’s journey continues in the hostile environment of the Delhi Crime branch. Lies, deceit and mind games begin when Kabir is given charge of the investigation and meets Avinash. How far will Avinash go to save his daughter?
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11. City of Dream (IMDb Rating: 7.6)
City of Dreams is a Mystery-Crime-Thriller web series available on Disney Plus Hotstar starring Atul Kulkarni, Priya Bapat, Sachin Pilgaonkar, Eijaz Khan, Siddharth Chandekar, Geethika Tyagi.
Main Plot: Multiple lives intersect after an assassination attempt on Mumbai’s most polarising political figure. A single stone thrown in a seemingly placid lake sets off a series of ripples that affect everyone and hurt many. ‘City of Dreams’ is the story of the feud within the Gaikwad family, which erupts after an assassination attempt on a polarizing political figure. Blurring the lines between moral and immoral, in a struggle for power forms the core of this transfixing narrative.
So this is it guys, hope you’ll able to find what to binge-watch next. Let me tell in the comment section below about the shows or series you like the most or want me to add in the next list. Till then, Go-Binge-Watch!!
