Because viewers didn’t just watch it — they rated it, defended it, and kept coming back for more, if a series makes this cut, it’s. Ratings don’t lie — and on IMDb, Indian audiences have been voting with their remotes. it’s staying power that separates a hit from a genuine favourite, and that’s exactly what this list captures While marketing budgets and star power can drive first-week views. Topping the chart is the crime universe of Mirzapur, a series that redefined binge-watching in India, while at the other end sits Operation Safed Sagar, the newest entrant dramatising the Indian Air Force’s real-life heroics during the Kargil War. In between are the shows that turned OTT into appointment viewing — village comedies, stock-market thrillers, and slow-burn mysteries that built loyal followings one episode at a time.
Scam 1992 – The Harshad Mehta Story is a financial thriller biopic directed by Hansal Mehta, with Jai Mehta serving as the co-director. Based on the 1992 Indian stock market scam committed by many stockbrokers, including Harshad Mehta, the series is adapted from journalist Sucheta Dalal and Debashish Basu’s 1992 book The Scam: Who Won, Who Lost, Who Got Away. Written and directed by Ambrish Verma, it premiered on December 8, 2023, on TVF’s YouTube channel and later on Amazon Prime Video. India’s Got Latent is a comedy talent show hosted by Samay Raina on YouTube since 2024. Sacred Games is a neo-noir crime thriller television series based on Vikram Chandra’s 2006 novel of the same name.
Sapne Vs Everyone is a famous TV series by The Viral Fever (TVF). Inspired by the international Got Talent franchise and Kill Tony, it features a wide variety of acts including singing, dancing, magic, and comedy. The Family Man is a spy thriller streaming television series created by Raj & DK. It features Manoj Bajpayee as Srikant Tiwari, a middle-class man secretly working as an intelligence officer for the Threat Analysis and Surveillance Cell (TASC), a fictitious branch of the National Investigation Agency. It also stars Priyamani, Sharad Kelkar, Neeraj Madhav, Sharib Hashmi, Dalip Tahil, Sunny Hinduja and Shreya Dhanwanthary. Mirzapur is an action crime thriller streaming television series by Karan Anshuman, who wrote the script along with Puneet Krishna and Vineet Krishna. Anshuman directed the first season of the series, along with Gurmeet Singh and Mihir Desai, the latter of whom directed the second season and third season along with Anand Iyer. Produced and directed by Vikramaditya Motwane and Anurag Kashyap under Phantom Films, it is India’s first Netflix original series. The novel was adapted by Varun Grover, Smita Singh, and Vasant Nath. Kelly Luegenbiehl, Erik Barmack and Motwane were the series’ executive producers.
