Best dark & gritty Telugu web series in India
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
18 web series in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 6.6. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity.
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1. Mayasabha (2025)
Web series · Telugu · 1 season · A · War & Politics, Drama · IMDb 9.0 (2.8K votes)
Dark & grittyMatureSerious
Mayasabha is a period political drama set in Mid 70s Andhra Pradesh. Krishnama Naidu, an idealistic student leader and a charismatic MS Rami Reddy wade into the world of Andhra politics. As they turn thick friends, they strive to use politics as a means to achieve public good. But caste fault lines erupt, loyalties are
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2. Dhootha (2023)
Web series · Telugu · 2 seasons · A · Mystery, Crime · IMDb 7.7 (7.1K votes)
TwistyFast-pacedEdge-of-seatDark & gritty
Journalist Sagar's life turns thrilling as he unravels dark secrets behind newspaper clippings predicting tragedies. He becomes a murder suspect, racing against time to clear his name and solve the enigma and faces dangerous twists. Suspense builds in this roller-coaster ride.
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3. Isakapatnam (2026)
Web series · Telugu · 1 season · A · Drama · IMDb 8.1 (1.2K votes)
MatureDark & grittyCold & detachedEdge-of-seat
Set in the 1990s, in the ruthless port town of Isakapatnam, three forces collide—a woman driven by justice, a henchman torn by loyalty, and a common man hungry for revenge—each closing in on the empire built by the port’s most powerful man, Naidu.
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4. Brinda (2024)
Web series · Telugu · 1 season · A · Crime, Mystery · IMDb 7.3 (2.1K votes)
MatureDark & grittyEdge-of-seatCold & detached
Young, socially awkward yet morally grounded SI cadet Brinda stumbles upon a brutal murder with a chilling modus operandi. As the killer slips through her grasp, she faces personal and bureaucratic turmoil, but the hardest challenge is the moral reckoning that could define her career and conscience. Will Brinda uphold
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5. Baahubali: Crown of Blood (2024)
Web series · Telugu · 1 season · U/A 13+ · Animation, Action & Adventure · IMDb 6.7 (2.3K votes)
Visually stunningEdge-of-seatDark & grittySerious
A dark chapter in the Mahishmati kingdom's history that became its greatest challenge and shaped the future of its two princes, Baahubali and Bhallaladeva.
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6. Harikatha: Sambhavami Yuge Yuge (2024)
Web series · Telugu · 1 season · A · Mystery, Drama · IMDb 7.2 (546 votes)
TwistyCold & detachedDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
When 'god' goes on a killing spree in an idyllic village, a police officer with a traumatic past gets inadvertently pulled into the mystery.
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7. Vyooham (2023)
Web series · Telugu · 1 season · U/A 16+ · Drama, Crime · IMDb 7.5 (311 votes)
TwistyEdge-of-seatFast-pacedDark & gritty
A newly appointed police officer is assigned to a hit and run case, where a pregnant couple lost their child. What seems like a simple open and shut case, turns out to be a complicated web involving several seemingly unconnected people. To solve the case, the officer has to hunt down a serial killer, a trained Naxal, a
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8. Recce (2022)
Web series · Telugu · 1 season · Crime, Drama · IMDb 7.1 (390 votes)
Cold & detachedTwistyDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
Set in the backdrop of Anantapur, in 1993, A dual murder takes place, setting off a series of unforeseen consequences and twists after a cop named Lenin embarks on an investigation.
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9. GangStars (2018)
Web series · Telugu · 1 season · Drama, Crime · IMDb 6.5 (336 votes)
MatureDark & gritty
KrishnaDas is a gangster. The doctor tells das that he has a stomach cancer. Ajay dream to become a filmmaker. Keerthi is the niece of a film stars manager. Vishwa and Aishwarya breakup during shooting refuse to work. Das threatens Ajay and Keerthi to act together. How they complete the film and does Das realise the tr
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10. Shaitan (2023)
Web series · Telugu · 1 season · A · Crime, Drama · IMDb 6.4 (7.0K votes)
MatureCold & detachedDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
After attempting an attack on the Home Minister, Baali is on the run. What happens when he chooses the path of violence?...
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11. Dayaa (2023)
Web series · Telugu · 1 season · A · Crime, Mystery · IMDb 6.2 (416 votes)
MatureCold & detachedFast-pacedEdge-of-seat
A reserved freezer van driver gets pushed into a chaotic situation wants to escape to safety, an upright journalist chases the truth, a husband is on the hunt for his wife, a cop wants to make progress in his investigation, a woman is in search of her identity and a culprit is after power.
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12. Arabia Kadali (2025)
Web series · Telugu · 1 season · U/A 16+ · Drama · IMDb 6.2 (323 votes)
Edge-of-seatDark & grittyCold & detachedVisually stunning
A fictional suspense drama series that revolves around a group of fishermen from rival villages who inadvertently trespass into international waters and find themselves imprisoned in a foreign jail.
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13. Paruvu (2024)
Web series · Telugu · 1 season · U/A 16+ · Crime, Drama · IMDb 6.5 (205 votes)
Dark & grittyEdge-of-seatMatureCold & detached
Years after Sudheer and Pallavi are disowned by their families for defying the caste system, a tragedy brings them back to their hometown. Soon, they find themselves entangled in an accidental death.
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14. 9 Hours (2022)
Web series · Telugu · 1 season · U/A 16+ · Crime, Action & Adventure · IMDb 6.0 (462 votes)
Cold & detachedEdge-of-seatFast-pacedTwisty
Three prisoners on run try to rob three banks. They are well-prepared and know how to run away with the booty. Is someone handling them from behind the screens?
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15. Jhansi (2022)
Web series · Telugu · 2 seasons · A · Action & Adventure · IMDb 5.7 (359 votes)
MatureTwistyEdge-of-seatFast-paced
Jhansi, a boutique owner, is an independent woman staying with her partner and his daughter, but an amnesiac. When she saves a girl from a molester at a wedding, Jhansi’s past catches up with her and rekindles several bitter memories from her childhood and the violence follows.
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16. Mansion 24 (2023)
Web series · Telugu · 1 season · A · Mystery, Action & Adventure · IMDb 4.8 (449 votes)
Dark & grittyEdge-of-seatCold & detachedSerious
When Kalidas, one of the most revered archaeologists in the country, accused of stealing precious artefacts and fleeing the country, his daughter Amrutha an investigative journalist, enters an abandoned mansion with a frightening past, to trace his whereabouts and restore his legacy.
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17. Vikram On Duty (2026)
Web series · Telugu · 1 season · Crime, Mystery · IMDb 5.7 (2.0K votes)
Edge-of-seatCold & detachedDark & grittySerious
Battling his past and personal demons, a disgraced but brilliant supercop will stop at nothing to solve crimes and earn back the uniform that defined him.
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18. The Mystery of Moksha Island (2024)
Web series · Telugu · 1 season · Crime · IMDb 4.2 (537 votes)
Cold & detachedEdge-of-seatDark & grittySerious
A lavish inheritance and a pharma empire lure a dead scientist's relatives to a remote island. The excitement turns into horror when they realise it's a trap.
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