The best Indian web series of 2024, led by ‘Raat Jawaan Hai’
Which shows to watch (or watch again).
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In 2024, streaming increasingly resembled television. The number of sequels and threequels suggested that makers were unwilling to let long-running web series die a natural death. By extending financial life support to shows that had clearly run their course, streaming platforms sidestepped the challenges of commissioning and shepherding fresh content.
While crime remained a mainstay, there were also shows that attempted magic realism or character-based comedy. Here, in alphabetical order, are the top streaming shows across languages in 2024.
Barzakh: Feast your eyes
In Asim Abbasi’s magic realist series set in the Land of Nowhere, an elderly man invites his children over for his third wedding to the ghost of his first girlfriend. The past tumbles into the present; this world seamlessly gives way to the one beyond.
Despite being ponderous and unwieldly in its telling, the show is a a treat for the eyes. Take your pick: Fawad Khan, Sanam Saeed, imaginative sets, vistas of the Hunza Valley.
Where to watch: ZEE5.
Brinda: Trisha Krishnan takes charge
Tamil movie star Trisha Krishnan makes an assured streaming debut in Surya Mohan Vangala’s Telugu show. Krishnan’s titular character battles workplace sexism and self-doubt while chasing a serial...
