10 best Mirzapur-like Hindi web series to watch online
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1. Family Man
IMDb Rating: 8.7
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime Video
The Family Man stars Manoj Bajpayee in the lead role as the wry Shrikant Tiwari, a senior intelligence officer, trying to balance his difficult profession and unsteady family life. The first season sees him investigating a potential terror attack, while the second season sees a Tamil Tiger-esque military resistance from Sri Lanka and how they plan to attain freedom.
2. Paatal Lok
IMDb Rating: 8.0
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime Video
Paatal Lok focuses on disillusioned cop Haathiram Chowdhary (Jaideep Ahlawat) who is assigned a unique case, which draws him into the underworld. The show also stars Gul Panag, Ishwak Singh, and Neeraj Kabi.
3. AARYA
IMDb Rating: 7.8
Streaming Platform: Disney Plus Hotstar
A crime-thriller directed by Sandeep Modi, Aarya stars Sushmita Sen in the lead role. The story revolves around Aarya an independent woman, who struggles to protect her family and joins a mafia gang in order to seek revenge for her husband's murder.
4. Rangbaaz
IMDb Rating: 8.0
Streaming Platform: Zee5
A series set against the background of 90's Gorakhpur. The show is based loosely on the real story of Shri Prakash Shukla, an infamous gangster from Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The show stars Saqib Saleem, Tigmanshu Dhulia and Ranvir Shorey in pivotal roles and has three seasons to its credits.
5. Asur
IMDb Rating: 8.4
Streaming Platform: Voot
Asur is set in the city of Varanasi and revolves around Nikhil Nair, a forensic expert-turned-teacher who is compelled to rejoin the CBI with his former mentor as he tries to solve the mystery of a ruthless serial killer. The show stars Arshad Warsi, Barun Sobti, Sharib Hashmi and Ridhi Dogra among others.
6. Special Ops
IMDb Rating: 8.6
Streaming Platform: Disney Plus Hotstar
Directed by Neeraj Pandey, Special Ops sees Kay Kay Menon as Himmat Singh, a member of the Research and Analysis Wing, who forms a team of five agents as he has to hunt down the man responsible for the terror attacks in India.
7. Criminal Justice
IMDb Rating: 8.1
Streaming Platform: Disney Plus Hotstar
Directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia, Criminal Justice chronicles the adventures of individuals as they try to make sense of the justice system in India. The show stars Pankaj Tripathi, Vikrant Massey, Jackie Shroff and Anupriya Goenka.
8. Breathe
IMDb Rating: 8.3
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime Video
Breathe and its sequel Breathe Into The Shadows stars Amit Sadh, Abhishek Bachchan and Nithya Menen in the lead roles. While the first season saw Madhavan play a desperate father who would go to any violent lengths to get his son a donor, the second season sees Abhishek Bachchan as a father trying to track down his daughter's kidnapper, with Amit Sadh's help.
9. Hostages
IMDb Rating: 6.8
Streaming Platform: Disney Plus Hotstar
Hostages focuses on a renowned surgeon who is expected to operate on a chief minister, but things take a diabolic turn when her family is kidnapped and she is ordered to assassinate the minister instead. The second season follows on the heels of the first season, where a retired cop kidnaps a chief minister for a bone marrow transplant to save his wife's life.
10. Sacred Games
IMDb Rating: 8.5
Streaming Platform: Netflix
Sacred Games focuses on disgraced officer Sartaj Singh in Mumbai. His world turns for the worse when he gets a phone call from a dreaded crime lord by the name of Ganesh Gaitonde, who tells him that he has 25 days to save Mumbai. After the call, Sartaj undertakes a perilous quest to prevent such destruction and finds himself in the heart of the city's seedy underbelly.