Many popular web series have been released during the lockdown in 2020. Come, let us know about the 8 hit web series of this year:
1. SCAM 1992: Harshad Mehta
This web series aired on Sony Liv depicts the biography of Harshad Mehta, the main character of the 1992 share scam. This show has a rating of 9.5 on IMDb and has left behind shows like Breaking Bad and Chernobyl in ratings. The lead cast of this web series includes – Pratik Gandhi, Satish Kaushik, Shreya Dhanwantri, Nikhil Dwivedi and Ananth Narayan Mahadevan.
2. Hades
Paatal Lok is a crime based web series which made its mark within a week of its release and future released crime web series will be judged on this parameter. The story revolves around a cop who finds himself entangled in a sinister web of underworld crime and violence. Artists like Gul Panag, Neeraj Kabi, Jaideep Ahlawat, Ishwak Singh, Bodhisattva Sharma, Swastika Mukherjee and Amishek Banerjee have played lead roles in this web series.
3. Mirzapur 2
After two years of waiting, the web series Mirzapur 2 was finally released in October 2020. This season, characters like Munna Bhaiya, Beena Tripathi, Guddu Pandit and Golu surprised us. If you have seen this web series then you will know what we are talking about. This season stars Divyendu Sharma, Pankaj Tripathi, Priyanshu Penthuli, Amit Sial, Isha Talwar etc.
4. Asur
‘Asur’ is a crime thriller web series. The story revolves around a forensic expert living in Varanasi, his mentor and their conflicting ideas. It stars Arshad Warsi, Varun Sobti, Anupriya Goenka, etc.
5. Arya
Sushmita Sen has appeared in a Hindi project for the first time since 2010 through the web series ‘Arya’.
Chandrachud Singh and Sushmita Sen are in lead roles in this series aired on Disney-Hotstar. ‘Arya’ has become the most tweeted web series of 2020. The series is based on the Dutch series Penoja starring Sushmita Sen as Arya, a mother and a loving supportive wife.
6. Panchayat
Panchayat is a comedy-drama web series starring Raghubir Yadav, Neena Gupta, Jitendra Kumar in lead roles. The story revolves around an engineer who dreams of working in an MNC, but due to circumstances has to work as the Panchayat Secretary to the Gram Pradhan in the village.
7. Ashram
‘Ashram’ web series is produced by Prakash Jha. This crime thriller is based on ‘Baba Nirala’, a self-proclaimed godman who is blindly trusted by his followers. The series stars Bobby Deol, Chandan Roy Sanyal, Aditi Pohankar, Tushar Pandey, Anupriya Goenka, Tridha Choudhary, and Adhyayan Suman in lead roles.
8. Special Ops
The web series ‘Special Ops’ directed by Neeraj Pandey is an action thriller. He plays the role of a RAW officer who works to eliminate terrorists in foreign countries through his agents. Kay Kay Menon is in the lead role in the series.
