Top 10 IMDb's Most Popular Indian Web Series of 2024

IMDb has announced its list of the most popular Indian web series of 2024, spotlighting the shows that captured the imagination of viewers nationwide. Drawing from millions of user page views, the rankings reveal the gripping stories, stellar performances, and innovative storytelling that kept audiences hooked this year.

From Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar, period and heartfelt dramas to The Great Indian Kapil Show, laugh-out-loud comedies, Indian web series in 2024 continued to push creative boundaries, proving the growing dominance of digital platforms in the entertainment landscape. Here’s a look at the series that defined the year in Indian streaming.

The Great Indian Kapil Show

Genres: Sketch comedy talk show
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 25
Created by: Kapil Sharma
Starring: Kapil Sharma, Archana Puran Singh, Sunil Grover, Kiku Sharda, Krushna Abhishek, Rajiv Thakur, Navjot Singh Sidhu
Watch On: Netflix
IMDb Rating: 6.5/10

The series format is largely identical to that of Sharma’s former shows The Kapil Sharma Show and Comedy Nights with Kapil. Kapil Sharma hosts this laugh-out-loud variety talk show with celebrity guests, hilarious antics and his signature supporting cast. The show revolves around Kapil Sharma and his team of comedians, including Sunil Grover, Kiku Sharda, Krushna Abhishek and Rajiv Thakur. The extravagant set of the play is a visual extravaganza, set against the backdrop of an opulent airport terminal. Everything about this place is elegant and sophisticated, from the opulent waiting area to the designer retail kiosks, revolving café, and the legendary Kap’s unique cafe. Archana Puran Singh is the permanent guest of the show.

Shekhar Home

Genres: Crime drama
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 6
Created by: Aniruddha Guha and Srijit Mukherji
Starring: Kay Kay Menon, Ranvir Shorey, Rasika Dugal, Kirti Kulhari and Dibyendu Bhattacharya
Watch On: JioCinema
IMDb Rating: 7.9/10

It is an adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle’s canon of Sherlock Holmes stories, the series is produced by BBC Studios Productions.
Set against the backdrop of a sleepy town called Lonpur in Bengal in the early 1990s. Shekhar meets Jayvrat Sahni, who becomes his housemate due to a twist of fate. The duo end up solving mysteries across East India.

Murder in Mahim

Genres: Crime drama
Season: 1
Episodes: 8
Directed by: Raj Acharya
Starring: Vijay Raaz, Ashutosh Rana, Shivani Raghuvanshi and Shivaji Satam
Watch On: JioCinema
IMDb Rating: 7.5/10

Police officer Shivajirao Jende and his friend, retired journalist Peter Fernandes, dive into a murder case in Mumbai’s darker side. In a gripping story based on Jerry Pinto’s highly praised book, they discover hidden truths about longing, avarice, hopelessness, and also face the ghosts of their estranged friendship.

Taaza Khabar

Genres: Comedy thriller
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 12
Directed by: Himank Gaur
Starring: Bhuvan Bam, Shriya Pilgaonkar, J. D. Chakravarthy, Deven Bhojani, Prathamesh Parab, Nitya Mathur, and Shilpa Shukla
Watch On: Disney+ Hotstar
IMDb Rating: 8.1/10

Taaza Khabar is the story of Vasant “Vasya” Gawade, a sanitation worker who comes across a magical boon that can predict future and creates curls in his life and everyone around him.

Maamla Legal Hai

Genres: Legal drama, Comedy
Season: 1
Episodes: 8
Created by: Sameer Saxena
Starring: Ravi Kishan, Anant V Joshi, Nidhi Bisht, Naila Grrewal, Tanvi Azmi, and Yashpal Sharma
Watch On: Netflix
IMDb Rating: 8.0/10

Chaos collides with the letter of the law at District Court Patparganj, where quirky employees work to uphold justice but not without a few objections.

Citadel: Honey Bunny

Genres: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Season: 1
Episodes: 6
Created by: Raj & DK, who co-wrote with Sita R. Menon. It is the spin-off/prequel to the American television series Citadel on Amazon Prime Video and revolves around the story of Honey and Bunny, who are the parents of the character Nadia Sinh (played by Priyanka Chopra in the original series). The series stars
Starring: Varun Dhawan, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Kay Kay Menon, Simran, Sikandar Kher, Saqib Saleem, Soham Majumdar, Shivankit Singh Parihar, Thalaivaasal Vijay
Watch On: Amazon Prime Video
IMDb Rating: 6.2/10

Years after stuntman Bunny recruited struggling actress Honey for a side gig, their dangerous past catches up with them, forcing the estranged couple to reunite and protect their daughter.

Gyaarah Gyaarah

Genres: Fantasy thriller
Season: 1
Episodes: 8
Directed by: Umesh Bist
Starring: Kritika Kamra, Raghav Juyal, Dhairya Karwa, and Aakash Dixit
Watch On: ZEE5
IMDb Rating: 8.2/10

The show is an adaptation of the popular Korean drama Signal (2016).
Investigative drama following events in 1990, 2001, 2016. Intertwining storylines blending mysticism, science and mystery across the decades.

Panchayat

Genres: Comedy drama
Seasons: 3
Episodes: 24
Directed by: Deepak Kumar Mishra
Starring: Jitendra Kumar, Raghubir Yadav, Neena Gupta, Sanvikaa, Chandan Roy, Durgesh Kumar, Ashok Pathak, Faisal Malik and Sunita Rajwar.
Watch On: Amazon Prime Video
IMDb Rating: 9.0/10

The series deals with the experiences of an urban engineering graduate, unfamiliar with village cultures, who on completing his degree gets a low-salary position as a secretary of a Gram panchayat in a remote village called Phulera in Uttar Pradesh.
The series was shot in a real panchayat office located in Mahodiya of Sehore district, Madhya Pradesh. Sehore district is 40 km from Bhopal, which is the capital city of Madhya Pradesh.

Mirzapur

Genres: Crime, Thriller, Action
Seasons: 3
Episodes: 29
Created by: Karan Anshuman, Puneet Krishna
Starring: Pankaj Tripathi, Ali Fazal, Divyendu Sharma, Vikrant Massey, Shweta Tripathi, Shriya Pilgaonkar, Rasika Dugal, Harshita Gaur, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Vijay Varma, Isha Talwar, Lilliput, Anjum Sharma, Priyanshu Painyuli, Anangsha Biswas and Neha Sargam.
Watch On: Amazon Prime Video
IMDb Rating: 8.4/10

The iron-fisted Akhandanand Tripathi is a millionaire carpet exporter and the crime boss 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.

Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar

Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar Web Series Photo

Genres: Drama, History
Season: 1
Episodes: 8
Created by: Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Starring: Manisha Koirala, Sonakshi Sinha, Aditi Rao Hydari, Richa Chadha, Sanjeeda Sheikh, Sharmin Segal
Watch On: Netflix
IMDb Rating: 6.3/10

Arch nemeses Mallikajaan and Fareedan are locked in a battle for succession of Heeramandi, where courtesans reign as queens. The only hope is young Alam, Mallikajaan’s youngest daughter. But what happens when Alam relinquishes power and chooses the love of one man over the adulation of many?

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