The year is about to end and it feels like just yesterday that we welcomed 2024, time indeed flies by fast. Throughout the year, there have been many good web shows that entertained us and left an impact on us.

Right from comedy to mystery to thriller to realistic ones based on true stories or inspired by true events, OTT has offered us all of it. Whatever genre one wants to watch, it’s available.
 
Here is the list of top 24 web shows of the year. Check them out – 
 
• The Magic Of Shiri – Story of a woman who gave up on her childhood dream of becoming a magician for the man she fell in love with but when the circumstances compel her to take over the financial responsibilities of her children, Shiri decides to pursue her dream fighting against all odds. A must watch in our opinion especially for those who are trying to get through the hurdles of patriarchy in order to achieve their dreams.
 
Starring – Divyanka Tripathi, Jaaved Jaaferi, Namit Das
Director – Birsa Dasgupta 
Streaming on – Jio Cinema Premium 
Release Date – 14th November 2024
 

 
• Raat Jawaan Hai – Story of three childhood besties and their day to day lives after becoming parents. The changes, the experiences and their friendship amidst their responsibility as parents and how they balance it is what you can expect from this heartwarming watch.
 
Starring – Barun Sobti, Priya Bapat, Anjali Anand 
Director – Sumeet Vyas
Streaming on – SONY LIV
Release Date – 11 October 2024
 

 
• Adrishyam – The Invisible Heroes – An espionage thriller that has an engaging plot and is successful in making an emotional connect with the viewers  The show makes us realize that there are some invisible heroes working day and night to protect the country from the threats that we don’t ever even get to know about. 
 
Starring – Divyanka Tripathi, Eijaz Khan 
Director – Anshuman Kishore Singh
Streaming on –  SONY LIV
Release Date – 11th April 2024
 

 
• Raisinghani VS Raisinghani – A legal drama that has drama not just inside the courtroom but outside of it as well. Starts with a tragic incident that repeats in the last minute of the season finale and leaves the audiences shocked.
 
Starring – Jennifer Winget, Karan Wahi, Reem Sheikh
Director – Aniruddha Rajderkar
Streaming on – SONY LIV
Release Date – 12th February 2024
 

 
• Freedom At Midnight – A show that is a must watch especially for the new generation. Many of us still have no idea what actually transpired between the concerned authorities that caused the partition of India. The series is based on the book of the same name by Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins.
 
Starring – Chirag Vohra, Sidhant Gupta, Rajendra Chawla
Director – Nikkhil Advani
Streaming on – SONY LIV
Release Date – 15th November 2024
 

 
• Panchayat 3 – A comedy drama that showcases the fun and chaos of life in a rural village. The first two seasons were superhit and the third season is equally loved and the fourth season is much awaited.
 
Starring – Jitendra Kumar, Raghubir Yadav,, Neena Gupta, Chandan Roy, 
Director – Deepak Kumar Mishra
Streaming on – Amazon Prime Video 
Release Date – 28th May 2024
 

 
• Ranneeti – Balakot & Beyond – A series that takes us through the global politics and gives us a glimpse into how top secret operations are planned at a level that is beyond the understanding of a common man.
 
Starring – Jimmy Shergil, Lara Dutta, Ashish Vidyarthi, Ashutosh Rana
Director – Santosh Singh
Streaming on – Jio Cinema Premium
Release Date – 25th April 2024
 

 
• Tanaav Season 2 – The series is the remake of the Israeli television series, Fauda and season 1 was quite a hit. All the episodes of the season 2 are out now and it is one of the best thriller series of this year. season 2 has many heart wrenching scenes but it ends on a note that gives us a hint for the third season.
 
Starring – Manav Vij, Arbaaz Khan, Shashank Arora
Director – Sudhir Mishra and E Niwas
Streaming on – SONY LIV 
Release Date – 6th September 2024
 

 
• Sisterhood – Story of four girls with completely different personalities and their journey of becoming best friends for life. The show will take you down the memory lane and make you relive your school days. It’s a really sweet watch.
 
Starring – Nidhi Bhanushali, Bhagyashree Limaye, Anvesha Vij, Nitya Mathur
Director – Nayana Shyam
Streaming on – Amazon Prime Video
Release Date – 13th June 2024 
 

 
• Gyaarah Gyaarah – A one of a kind fantasy thriller series that is engaging and intriguing from the very first episode. The concept of the show with story transitioning between the past and the present and both being connected with each other makes it an interesting watch.
 
Starring – Kritika Kamra, Raghav Juyal, Dhairya Karwa
Director – Umesh Bist
Streaming on – Zee5
Release Date – 9th August 2024
 

 
• Cadets – Set in the year 1997 before the Kargil war, Cadets is a coming of age story of four sixteen year old boys and their journey of becoming worthy of wearing the most prestigious uniform.
 
Starring – Tanay Chheda, Chayan Chopra, Tushar Shahi
Director – Vishwajoy Mukherjee
Streaming on – Jio Cinema Premium 
Release Date – 30th August 2024
 

 
• Shekhar Home – Inspired by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes, Shekhar Home is the Indianized version of it with more twists and turns than the original series it took inspiration from. A must watch if you are a Sherlock fan or a fan of suspense shows with a touch of comedy.
 
Starring – Kay Kay Menon, Ranvir Shorey
Director – Rohan Sippy, Srijit Mukherji
Streaming on – Jio Cinema Premium 
Release Date – 14th August 2024
 

 
• Citadel : Honey Bunny – A spy action thriller that is the Indian, hindi language spin-off of Anthony and Joe Russo’s Citadel Universe. This series has the childhood of Nadia Sinh and the life story of her parents, Honey -Bunny. It’s interesting to watch how Nadia was trained to protect herself from danger right from childhood by her mother but it eventually helped her in becoming the best Citadel agent.
 
Starring – Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Varun Dhawan 
Director – Raj & DK
Streaming on – Amazon Prime Video 
Release Date – 6th November 2024
 

 
• Yeh Meri Family 4 – The story of Awasthi family’s day to day life that feels like our own story at times delivered another heartwarming season and we are already looking forward to the next season.
 
Starring – Juhi Parmar, Rajesh Kumar, Anngad Raaj, Hetal Gada
Director – Sameer Saxena
Streaming on – Amazon Prime Video
Release Date -16th August 2024
 

 
• Showtime – A show that takes you behind the scenes of the glamour world and its reality.  It has everything a show needs to engage its viewers from the very first minute.
 
Starring – Mahima Makwana, Emraan Hashmi, Rajeev Khandelwal
Director – Mihir Desai, Archit Kumar
Streaming on – Disney Plus Hotstar
Release Date – 8th March 2024
 

 
• Kota Factory 3 – The third season of the series that is set in the coaching hub, Kota, Rajasthan is so relatable that all the three seasons of this series have been loved immensely.
 
Starring – Mayur More, Ranjan Raj, Jitendra Kumar 
Director – Raghav Subbu, Pratish Mehta
Streaming on – Netflix 
Release Date – 20th June 2024
 

 
• Gullak 4 – The show revolves around the lives of Mishra family, their happy days and good days and everything that happens in their life is relatable and feels like a Deja Vu. The show has a cosiness about it which makes it a heartwarming watch.
 
Starring – Jameel Khan, Geetanjali Kulkarni, Vaibhav Raj Gupta, Harsh Mayar
Director – Shreyansh Pandey
Streaming on – SONY LIV
Release Date – 7th June 2024
 

 
• Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein 2 – The season 2 of this romantic crime thriller series is more interesting and intriguing than season 1 and we are already waiting season 3.
 
Starring – Tahir Raj Bhasin, Shweta Tripathi, Anchal Singh
Director – Sidharth Sengupta
Streaming on – Netflix 
Release Date – 22nd November 2024
 

 
• IC 814 : The Kandahar Hijack – The series is based on the book Flight into Fear : The Captain’s Story by Devi Sharan and Srinjoy Chowdhury. Captain Devi Sharam was the Captain of the Indian Airlines flight 814 from Kathmandu to Nepal that was hijacked in the year 1999.
 
Starring – Vijay Varma, Naseeruddin Shah, Kumud Mishra, Pankaj Kapur
Director – Anubhav Sinha
Streaming on –
Release Date – 29th August 2024
 

 
• Mirzapur 3 –  A crime action series that delivered another hit season after it’s previous two seasons that own millions of views within a week of release in it’s bag.
 
Starring – Pankaj Tripathi, Ali Fazal, Rasika Dugal, Shweta Tripathi
Director – Aditya Mohanty, Anand Iyer
Streaming on – Amazon Prime Video 
Release Date -5th July 2024
 

 
• Heeramandi -Set in the pre independence era, the web series showcases the lives of courtesans in the Lahore’s red light district, Heeramandi. The web series is one of the most popular and most watched series of the year, globally.
 
Starring – Manisha Koirala, Sonakshi Sinha, Aditi Rao Hydari 
Director – Sanjay Leela Bhansali 
Streaming on – Netflix 
Release Date – 1st May 2024
 

 
• The Broken News 2 – The newsroom drama that showcases how sometimes facts are woven with some fiction and made into a news or how sometimes news is presented in such a way that the facts get tangled up and the main point is lost somewhere.
 
Starring – Sonali Bendre, Jaideep Ahlawat, Shriya Pilgaonkar 
Director – Vinay Waikul
Streaming on –  Zee5
Release Date – 3rd May 2024
 

 
• Maamla Legal Hai –  A legal comedy drama thar turns out to be a refreshing watch amidst the crowd of crime, thrillers and dark shows on Netflix.
 
Starring – Ravi Kishan, Nidhi Bisht, Yashpal Sharma
Director – Rahul Pandey
Streaming on – Netflix 
Release Date – 1st March 2024
 

 
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