2026 has been a bumper year for streaming in India — returning giants, ambitious new originals, and a few international heavyweights that crossed over in a big way. Here are the ten new and returning web series most worth your watchlist, with where to find each one.
Kohrra Season 2 (Netflix) — The Punjab noir that redefined Indian crime drama is back. Barun Sobti returns as the weary investigator Garundi, joined this time by Mona Singh, as a brutal new murder case peels back layers of family secrets and small-town power. Atmospheric, slow-burning and superbly acted — easily among the year’s finest.
Panchayat Season 5 (Prime Video) — Phulera calls again. The beloved village comedy-drama returns with Abhishek, Pradhan Ji and the gang facing new emotional and personal crossroads. If the previous seasons taught us anything, it’s that this show finds profundity in the mundane — Season 5 promises more of that warm, lived-in storytelling.
Farzi Season 2 (Prime Video) — Shahid Kapoor’s counterfeiting saga returns with the Sunny-versus-Michael rivalry reignited. The first season’s cliffhanger left the chase wide open, and the new season — reportedly eyeing a late-2026 drop — digs deeper into the cat-and-mouse game between the artist-criminal and the relentless task-force officer.
Matka King (Prime Video) — Vijay Varma headlines this ambitious period crime drama set in 1960s–70s Bombay, tracing a cotton trader’s rise into the kingpin of the Matka gambling empire. Money, influence, rivalry and ruin — a classic rise-and-fall arc with rich period texture.
Maamla Legal Hai Season 2 (Netflix) — The madcap lawyers of Patparganj District Court are back, with V.D. Tyagi in a new role and a fresh roster of bizarre cases and eccentric clients. Light, sharp and endlessly quotable — the easiest binge on this list.
Aspirants Season 3 (Prime Video) — TVF’s beloved UPSC saga returns to Mukherjee Nagar, where Abhilash’s career and relationships come under threat from serious allegations — even as the story flashes back to his relentless IAS pursuit. Ambition, friendship and the cost of dreams, handled with the franchise’s trademark sincerity.
The Revolutionaries (Prime Video) — Bhuvan Bam leads this historical drama that has been among the most talked-about Indian originals of the year — a stirring, large-scale retelling of revolutionary-era stories with mainstream production muscle behind it.
Shaque: Trust No One (Netflix) — Parineeti Chopra’s series debut is a gripping mystery thriller: a mother’s nine-year search for her missing child curdles into paranoia, raising the chilling question of whether she can trust anyone around her. Tense and twisty.
Taskari (Netflix) — Emraan Hashmi stars as a Navy officer caught in a world of gold smuggling and compromised loyalties. A slick, high-stakes thriller about the men who chase contraband across India’s coastlines — and the price of staying honest.
Lanterns (JioHotstar) — The international pick: HBO’s DC-universe series Lanterns streams in India on JioHotstar, bringing the Green Lantern mythology to prestige television. For superhero-fatigued viewers, early word suggests this one plays more like a grounded detective story that happens to have power rings — well worth the curiosity watch.
That is ten very different flavours of 2026 — crime, comedy, history, thrills and capes. Start with the mood you’re in; you won’t run out of great television this year.
