Best mind-bending Hindi web series on Netflix in India

By the KyaDekhu team · Updated 23 October 2026 · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb

17 web series on Netflix in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 6.9. Newest addition: Shaque: Trust No One, added to Netflix on 24 Sep. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity.

1. Sacred Games (2018)

Web series · Hindi · 2 seasons · A · Drama, Crime · IMDb 8.5 (99.3K votes)

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A link in their pasts leads an honest cop to a fugitive gang boss, whose cryptic warning spurs the officer on a quest to save Mumbai from cataclysm.

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2. Telugu (2025)

Web series · Hindi · 1 season · Action & Adventure, Drama · IMDb 8.8 (5.3K votes)

Visually stunningTwistyEdge-of-seatSerious

An epic 18-day battle unfolds through the perspectives of 18 warriors, revealing their inner struggles and ethical challenges during a war between brothers.

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3. CAT (2022)

Web series · Hindi · 1 season · A · Crime, Drama · IMDb 8.1 (13.9K votes)

MatureDark & grittyCold & detachedEdge-of-seat

Living under an alias, a former police informant is summoned to infiltrate a major drug empire but uncovers a dangerous connection to his dark past.

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4. Aranyak (2021)

Web series · Hindi · 1 season · Crime, Drama · IMDb 7.7 (12.2K votes)

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After a foreign teenage tourist goes missing in a misty village, Kasturi, a frazzled local cop, is forced to team up with her city-bred successor, Angad, on a high-profile case that unearths skeletons and resurrects a long-forgotten legend of a savage serial killer in the woods.

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5. House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths (2021)

Web series · Hindi · 1 season · Documentary, Crime · IMDb 7.4 (14.8K votes)

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Suicide, murder... or something else? This docuseries examines chilling truths and theories around the deaths of 11 members of a Delhi family.

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6. Khakee: The Bengal Chapter (2025)

Web series · Hindi · 1 season · U/A 16+ · Drama, Crime · IMDb 7.5 (6.6K votes)

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When upright cop Arjun Maitra takes on Kolkata's feared don Bagha and his henchmen, he must battle a broken system and navigate bloody gang wars.

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7. Ray (2021)

Web series · Hindi · 1 season · Drama · IMDb 7.1 (10.9K votes)

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From a satire to a psychological thriller, four short stories from celebrated auteur and writer Satyajit Ray are adapted for the screen in this series.

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8. GHOUL (2018)

Web series · Hindi · 1 season · A · Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · IMDb 7.0 (16.3K votes)

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A newly minted military interrogator arrives at a covert detention center to discover that some of the terrorists held there are not of this world.

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9. Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein (2022)

Web series · Hindi · 2 seasons · Crime, Drama · IMDb 7.0 (10.8K votes)

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Relentlessly pursued by a powerful politician’s daughter who will do anything to make him hers, a man slips down a dark, risky path to reclaim his life.

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10. The Fame Game (2022)

Web series · Hindi · 1 season · Drama, Crime · IMDb 6.6 (22.4K votes)

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When India's most famous actress goes missing, the search for her chips away at the flawless facade of her life and family, revealing painful truths.

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11. Typewriter (2019)

Web series · Hindi · 1 season · Drama, Mystery · IMDb 6.5 (4.7K votes)

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Three young friends in Goa plan to search an old villa for ghosts, but when a new family, accompanied by their attractive daughter moves in, the home's buried past resurfaces in chilling ways and the amateur ghost hunters must spring into action.

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12. Mandala Murders (2025)

Web series · Hindi · 1 season · Crime, Drama · IMDb 6.5 (6.8K votes)

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When a series of ritualistic murders shakes a small town, a detective and an ex-cop must investigate a mystery with deep ties to their pasts.

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13. Indian Predator: The Diary of a Serial Killer (2022)

Web series · Hindi · 1 season · A · Documentary, Crime · IMDb 6.2 (2.4K votes)

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When a suspect is found in a journalist's murder, the case is considered closed until a secret diary suggests 13 more victims — and possible cannibalism.

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14. Killer Soup (2024)

Web series · Hindi · 1 season · A · Comedy, Crime · IMDb 6.3 (5.1K votes)

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Swathi dreams of owning a restaurant. But when a murder derails her plan, she and her lover take an outrageous step — to replace him with her husband.

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15. Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar (2024)

Web series · Hindi · 2 seasons · U/A 16+ · Drama, War & Politics · IMDb 6.3 (29.4K votes)

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The scheming Mallikajaan rules over an elite house of courtesans — but a new rival threatens her reign as rebellion brews in British-ruled India.

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16. Shaque: Trust No One (2026)

Web series · Hindi · 1 season · U/A 16+ · Crime, Mystery · IMDb 5.2 (1.3K votes)

TwistyEdge-of-seatSeriousCold & detached

A mother receives yearly photos of her missing child. After nine years of searching, she discovers the truth about the abduction lies not far away, but hidden among her closest circle.

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17. Leila (2019)

Web series · Hindi · 1 season · War & Politics, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · IMDb 5.1 (9.6K votes)

Visually stunningDark & grittyEdge-of-seatTwisty

In the forgotten margins of the segregated communities of a dystopian future, a woman searches for the daughter that she lost upon her arrest years ago.

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