In 2025, Indian digital platforms offered a variety of compelling content. From thrilling web series to entertaining web films, these releases captured audiences with strong stories, talented performances, and innovative concepts, making them some of the most talked-about and memorable digital experiences of the year.
1. Paatal Lok – Season 2
Director: Avinash Arun Dhaware
Paatal Lok – Season 2 became a major hit, praised for Jaideep Ahlawat’s performance and gripping story, sparking discussions and excitement for Season 3 despite some criticism on representation.
2. Delhi Crime – Season 3
Director: Tanuj Chopra
Delhi Crime – Season 3 was widely popular on Netflix, praised for performances and social relevance, but critics found it more conventional than the Emmy-winning first season.
3. Black Warrant
Director: Vikramaditya Motwane
Black Warrant is a Netflix series inspired by Tihar jailer Sunil Gupta’s 1980s experiences, exposing prison corruption, injustice, infamous inmates, and a young officer’s moral struggle within India’s harsh prison system.
4. The Family Man – Season 3
Director: Raj & DK
The Family Man – Season 3 follows Srikant Tiwari in Northeast India as he battles personal turmoil and a dangerous plot tied to regional politics, foreign forces, and internal betrayal, pushing him to go rogue.
5. Saare Jahan Se Accha
Director: Sumit Purohit
Saare Jahan Se Accha is a 2025 Netflix spy series about RAW agent Vishnu Shankar, sent to 1970s Pakistan to stop a secret nuclear program, facing dangerous espionage, deception, and moral dilemmas.
6. Single Papa
Director: Shashank Khaitan, Hitesh Kewalya, and Neeraj Udhwani
Single Papa is a Netflix series about a carefree man whose life changes after he adopts an abandoned baby, pushing him to grow up and embrace responsibility while learning the true meaning of family.
7. The Ba**ds of Bollywood
Director: Aryan Khan
The Ba**ds of Bollywood is Aryan Khan’s Netflix directorial debut, a satirical take on Bollywood that explores nepotism, gossip, and the industry’s dark side through action, comedy, and drama, earning both praise and criticism.
8. Maharani – Season 4
Director: Puneet Prakash
Maharani – Season 4 is directed by Puneet Prakash, who takes over from earlier directors, continuing Subhash Kapoor’s political drama starring Huma Qureshi, streaming on SonyLIV.
9. Sivarapalli
Director: Bhaskhar Maurya
Sivarapalli, the popular Telugu web series and remake of Panchayat, is directed by Bhaskhar Maurya, who is known for his indie-style storytelling and also directed the Telugu film Muthayya.
10. The Secret of Shiledars
Director: Aditya Sarpotdar
The Secret of the Shiledars is directed by Aditya Sarpotdar, the filmmaker known for Munjya, and stars Rajeev Khandelwal and Sai Tamhankar.
11. Oops Ab Kya
Director: Prem Mistry & Debatma Mandal
Oops! Ab Kya? is directed by Prem Mistry and Debatma Mandal, who co-helmed the eight-episode series exploring motherhood and relationships, starring Aashim Gulati and Abhay Mahajan.
12. Dabba Cartel
Director: Hitesh Bhatia
Dabba Cartel is a Netflix series directed by Hitesh Bhatia, with Farhan Akhtar as producer and created by Shibani Dandekar Akhtar, Vishnu Menon, Gaurav Kapur, and Akanksha Seda.
13. Criminal Justice: A Family Matter
Director: Rohan Sippy
Criminal Justice: A Family Matter follows Dr. Raj Nagpal, accused of murdering his girlfriend after his daughter’s birthday party. As lawyer Madhav Mishra defends him, family secrets and hidden truths turn the case into a gripping whodunit.
14. The Hunt: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case
Director: Nagesh Kukunoor
The Hunt: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case follows the CBI’s intense investigation into Rajiv Gandhi’s 1991 assassination, uncovering the LTTE conspiracy and masterminds behind the attack.
15. Rangeen
Director: Amardeep Galsin and Amir Rizvi
The web series Rangeen on Prime Video is a dark comedy-drama that explores themes of masculinity, fidelity, and self-discovery.
16. Mayasabha
Director: Rahi Anil Barve
Mayasabha is a Telugu political drama about two friends who rise together in Andhra Pradesh politics but turn into rivals, exploring friendship, betrayal, ambition, and power across a turbulent era.
17. Kuttram Purindhavan: The Guilty One
Director: Selvamani Muniyappan
Kuttram Purindhavan: The Guilty One is a Tamil crime drama about a retired pharmacist drawn into a missing girl case, facing guilt, secrets, and moral dilemmas while helping uncover the real culprit.
18. 3 Roses – Season 2
Director: Kiran K Karavalla
3 Roses – Season 2 continues the journey of three friends, focusing on Ritu, with new characters adding more romance, comedy, and bold moments as they navigate relationships and modern life, streaming on Aha.
19. Stolen
Director: Karan Tejpal
Stolen directed by Karan Tejpal, is a gritty Indian survival thriller about two brothers searching for a kidnapped baby, facing corruption, mob justice, and social divides, starring Abhishek Banerjee and Mia Maelzer.
20. Black, White & Gray
Director: Pushkar Sunil Mahabal
Black, White & Gray: Love Kills is an Indian crime-thriller series in mockumentary style, following a young man accused of multiple murders as a journalist uncovers love, class conflict, and moral ambiguity.
