2023 has been a great year for Indian web series, with genres like crime thrillers to action thrillers, everything is covered. Here are the 5 most watched web series of 2023. Webseries give us the impression that there is more to come after each episode. To us Indians, watching our homemade Hindi Web Series means a lot.
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Bigg Boss OTT Season 2
OTT Platform: Jio Cinema
Viewership: 18.7 million+
“Bigg Boss OTT” was an extension of the main “Bigg Boss” series but was exclusively available for streaming on the digital platform Jio Cinema. The format of the show remained similar, where a group of contestants, known as housemates, were gathered in a specially constructed house for several weeks. They were under constant surveillance with no access to the outside world and were eliminated one by one until a winner was declared.
Asur Season 2
OTT Platform: Jio Cinema
Viewership: 19.3 million+
The second part of ‘Asur 2’ begins from where its first season ended. At the end of the first season of ‘Asur’, we saw that serial killer Shubh Joshi goes to jail at a young age. But the demon inside him has not died after going to jail, but after growing up, he has become more dangerous than before. In the auspicious Kalyug, he wants to increase sin on earth by killing innocent people. He is committing the crime in a new way by taking the lives of people.
Taaza Khabar
OTT Platform: Disney + Hotstar
Viewership: 23.5 million+
Taaza Khabar is the story of Vasant “Vasya” Gawade, a sanitation worker who comes across a magical boon that can predict the future and creates curls in his life and everyone around him. Vasant uses his cosmic jackpot to benefit himself and his family and partner Madhu. Comedian Bhuvan Bam has produced the Hindi series for Disney+ Hotstar.
The Night Manager
OTT Platform: Disney + Hotstar
Viewership: 28.6 million+
The Night Manager is the story of Shaan Sengupta, a hotel night manager and ex-naval officer. His target is the dangerous gang of Shailendra Rungta, who deals in illegal weapons. The story follows a victimized young woman named Safina, who is trying to escape from her criminal husband. Shaan is trying to help her. There is an Indian RAW agent, Lipika Siyakia Rao (Tilottama Shome), who wants to capture business tycoon Shailendra Roongta aka Shelly (Anil Kapoor). Shelly’s real face is that he deals with illegal weapons around the world. Shaan Sengupta is an asset in his mission.
Farzi
OTT Platform: Amazon Prime Video
Viewership: 37.1 million+
A disillusioned artist who decides to make counterfeit money. Sunny is an artist. His maternal grandfather’s printing press is now on the verge of closure. He prepares to print fake notes to save this business. He is an artist, so his artwork of the fake note is very close to the original. But before he can recover, he now becomes a part of a larger syndicate of the fake currency business. After the ending of Season 1 of this crime-thriller, viewers and fans are demanding a second season from its makers.