2021 was no different from 2020 in terms of lockdown and mostly stay at home routine. Leaving aside the pandemic, many of us enjoyed safe stay at home because that gives us more chance to binge watch our favorite web series on OTT platforms. There were few announced season for which fans were waiting and than there were some originals both in English and Hindi across different streaming platforms. Content creators put their best foot forward and presented shows that won both commercial and critical acclaim.
New series like Tandav, Tabbar, Sunflower, Lupin and many more debut with high hopes got their fair share of like and dislike. Than there were Hindi language web series whose season 2 got the same amount of fanfare similar to previous season like of Family Man, Aarya, Aashram, Hostel Daze and of course who can forget the most anticipated series of 2021; Money Heist. But the show which take all of us by surprise in the year was non other than the Koren show Squid Games which premiered on Netflix in Sep 2021.
If we accumulate our best 7 Web Series of 2021 (Hindi-English-Global) from 2021 that you must binge, if you haven’t than check out the list and start right away as 2022 has just started and you only need 2 weekends to finish these series or anthologies:
- Money Heist : You can say us biased or you may have different liking but we believe that the hype around Money Heist Season 5 was unmatched and the team of Money Heist delivers a strong punch with the final season. The part 1 of season 5 was viewed by 69 millions Netflix households in the first four weeks after the season’s release.
- Squid Games : The mega blockbuster debut of Korean show Squid Games, premiered on Netflix’s took all of us by surprise. Earlier Korean shows were appreciated in a bits and pocket in the world but Squid Games opens the whole new level of gates of Korean entertainment industry. Netflix had said that more than 140 million Netflix subscriber had tuned in to the Korean series.
- The Family Man S02 : Created by Krishna D.K, Raj Nidimoru, the second lot of the Manoj Bajpayee starrer The Family Man received the equal amount of love what it has received in season 1. The second season focuses on a Tamil Tigers-esque military resistance from Sri Lanka and their plans for a terrorist attack.
- Kota Factory S02 : In season 2 Vaibhav and his friends navigating their way through the world of competitive academics. The show highlights the minds and hearts of young teenagers preparing for these high-pressure IIT JEE exams and the different ways in which each one deals with stress.
- Tabbar : When Sony Liv’s comes with a new season it always catches all the eyes and Tabbar is no different. The series pushes the conventional boundaries of a crime thriller where its actors delivered very relatable act which makes user to believe in them.
- Mumbai Diaries 26/11 : A fictional recreation of the Mumbai 26/11 terror attacks, features the perspective of a government hospital that became the battleground between the police, doctors and terrorists. streaming on Amazon Prime Video. Chaos defined the tone and texture of this eight-part series, which hooked the viewer both with action and emotion.
- Sunflower : If the series has a star cast that includes Sunil Grover, Ranvir Shorey, Girish Kulkarni, Shonali Nagrani among other brilliant performer, than it automatically becomes the one to watch for and trust us you won’t be disappointed. Sunflower is a ZEE5 original web series which is directed by Queen movie fame Vikas Bahl. The story revolves around a murder mystery hat takes place in a housing society named Sunflower.
So, what are you waiting for, just open your streaming media platform and let the entertainment make you relax. But if you have already binged all or few of the shows than we invite and challenge you to take part in our simple MCQ quiz.