Movies and series were there for you during your free time. They were there for you on weekends. They were there for you when you are bored. And now, everyone is free at home! No college, no office, no shops, no sports! Nothing. Everything is because of the Coronavirus outbreak.
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As you know, we are still in the lockdown period and we don’t even know whether the lock-down will continue or not. Well. Coming to the topic, if you are bored at home struggling to pass time at home during this lock-down period then here we have a list of best series you can watch right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hotstar, MX Player, The Viral Fever(TVF), YouTube and Voot.
It’s time for the list. Prepare yourself. Consider this your list of the best series you can watch right now in 2020.
15 Best Series You Can Watch In Lockdown
Asur
Asur is a Hindi crime thriller web series released in 2020. This series is directed and co-produced by Oni Sen and it is streaming on Voot. The series is set in current times and revolves around serial killings. This is a well-crafted series that shows the darker side of humans. Asur will give everything Sacred Games failed to give.
Starring
- Arshad Warsi
- Barun Sobti
- Anupriya Goenka
- Ridhi Dogra
- Sharib Hashmi
- Amey Wagh
- Pawan Chopra
- Vishesh Bansal
- Gaurav Arora
The Family Man
The Family Man is a Hindi action drama series directed by Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. The Family Man is streaming on Amazon Prime Video. As the tagline of the series is ‘Inspired From Daily News Stories’, the story of The Family Man portrayed the current issues very well like “Assaulting the people for not standing the National Anthem, Killing the minorities in the name of Cow Vigilantism, Portraying Hindi as National Language, Hyper Nationalism, Oppression in J&K, Kerala Youth Joining in ISIS”.
Starring
- Manoj Bajpayee
- Priyamani
- Sharib Hashmi
- Neeraj Madhav
- Kishore
Special Ops
Special Ops is an Indian espionage thriller series directed by Neeraj Pandey Shivam Nair. This series is streaming on Hotstar’s label Hotstar Specials. The story is inspired by several espionage missions undertaken by India in the last two decades.
Starring
- Kay Kay Menon
- Muzammil Ibrahim
- Karan Tacker
- Vipul Gupta
Panchayat
Panchayat is a comedy-drama series released in 2020. This series is written by Chandan Kumar. The series captures the journey of an engineering graduate Abhishek, who for lack of a better job option joins as secretary of a Panchayat office in a remote village of Uttar Pradesh.
The first season of Panchayat is being streamed on Amazon Prime Video. It is written by Chandan Kumar and directed by Deepak Kumar Mishra, the series quickly sets up its principal characters and solidly establishes their personalities and their personal dynamic.
Starring
- Jitendra Kumar
- Raghubir Yadav
- Neena Gupta
Madhuri Talkies
Madhuri Talkies is a Bhojpuri neo-noir set in the heartlands of Varanasi and Mughalsarai, where crimes against women and political tyranny rule the roost. One man sets forth on a deeply personal mission to avenge the love of his life and goes on a bloody rampage that puts the most powerful people of the city, from scheming politicians to police officers and the media, on high alert. Directed by Arvind Babbal, Madhuri Talkies is streaming on MX Player.
Starring
- Ravi Jhanghu
- Rajeev Pandey
- Aishwarya Sharma
Chernobyl
Chernobyl is a historical drama television miniseries created and written by Craig Mazin and directed by Johan Renck, the series revolves around the Chernobyl nuclear disaster of April 1986 and the cleanup efforts that followed. This series is streaming on Disney + Hotstar.
Starring
- Jared Harris
- Stellan Skarsgård
- Paul Ritter
- Jessie Buckley
- Adam Nagaitis
- Con O’Neill
- Adrian Rawlins
- Sam Troughton
Kingdom
Kingdom is a South Korean political period horror-thriller series written by Kim Eun-hee and directed by Kim Seong-hun. It is Netflix’s first original Korean series, which premiered on January 25, 2019.[The series is adapted from the webcomic series The Kingdom of the Gods, which was authored by Kim Eun-hee and drawn by Yang Kyung-il.
Starring
- Ju Ji-hoon
- Ryu Seung-ryong
- Bae Doo-na
- Park Byung-eun
- Kim Sung-kyu
Money Heist
Money Heist (Spanish: La casa de papel, transl. The House of Paper) is a Spanish television heist crime drama series. Created by Álex Pina, the series was initially intended as a limited series to be told in two parts. This popular Spanish series revolves around the story of a criminal mastermind who goes by “The Professor” has a plan to pull off the biggest heist in recorded history — to print billions of euros in the Royal Mint of Spain. To help him carry out the ambitious plan, he recruits eight people with certain abilities and who have nothing to lose.
Starring
- Úrsula Corberó
- Itziar Ituño
- Álvaro Morte
- Paco Tous
- Pedro Alonso
- Alba Flores
Prison Break
Prison Break is an English series created by Paul Scheuring. This series revolves around an engineer installs himself in a prison he helped design, in order to save his falsely accused brother from a death sentence. Ths Prison Break is streaming on Disney + Hotstar.
Starring
- Dominic Purcell
- Wentworth Miller
- Robin Tunney
- Peter Stormare
- Amaury Nolasco
- Marshall Allman
- Wade Williams
Kota Factory
Kota Factory is an Indian Hindi-language web series directed by Raghav Subbu. This series is streaming on The Viral fever and YouTube. This is an entertaining and nostalgic TV show that depicts the journey of students who aspire (and also not really aspire) to get into the most coveted alma mater in India. The series has been perpetually perceived as a show that weaves a story about India’s disfigured and disorganized education system. Well, I didn’t perceive it that way. The story is more about the ambitions of Indian youth and partly about Indian parents’ insatiable lust towards the iconic alma maters like IIT/IIM.
Starring
- Mayur More
- Ranjan Raj
- Alam Khan
- Jitendra Kumar
- Ahsaas Channa
- Revathi Pillai
- Urvi Singh
Permanent Roommates
Permanent Roommates is an Indian web series written by Biswapati Sarkar and directed by Sameer Saxena, Deepak Kumar Mishra. This series is streaming on The Viral Fever (TVF). This series revolves around a young couple, Tanya and Mikesh, who after being in a long-distance relationship for 3 years, face the prospect of marriage.
Starring
- Sumeet Vyas
- Nidhi Singh
- Deepak Kumar Mishra
Tripling
Tripling is an Indian web series created by The Viral Fever. It traces the story of three siblings Chandan, Chanchal & Chitvan. Together they start a hilarious journey, to find themselves and their relations. Tripling is written by Akarsh Khurana, Sumeet Vyas and it is directed by Rajesh Krishnan and Sameer Saxena.
Starring
- Sumeet Vyas
- Maanvi Gagroo
- Amol Parashar
Pitchers
Pitchers is a web series written by Biswapati Sarkar and directed by Amit Golani. It is streamed on The Viral Fever (TVF) and YouTube. The series follows four friends, Naveen, Jitu, Yogi and Mandal, who quit their jobs in order to develop their own start-up company. The show was highly appreciated and has since developed a cult status.
Starring
- Naveen Kasturia
- Arunabh Kumar
- Jitendra Kumar
- Abhay Mahajan
Mirzapur
Mirzapur is an Indian crime thriller web television series directed by Karan Anshuman and Gurmmeet Singh. It is on Amazon Prime Video. It revolves around drugs, guns, and lawlessness. It depicts the putrescence, governance, and rule of mafia dons and the rivalry and crime prevailing in the Purvanchal region of Uttar Pradesh.
Starring
- Ali Fazal
- Vikrant Massey
- Pankaj Tripathi
- Divyendu Sharma
- Shweta Tripathi
- Shriya Pilgaonkar
- Rasika Dugal
- Kulbhushan Kharbanda
- Amit Sial
- Sheeba Chaddha
- Harshita Gaur
Sacred Games
Most of you heard or watched this series. Sacred Games is an Indian web television thriller Emmy nominated series based on Vikram Chandra’s 2006 novel of the same name. The first Netflix original series in India. Sacred Games is directed by Vikramaditya Motwane and Anurag Kashyap who produced it under their banner Phantom Films. The novel was adapted by Varun Grover, Singh, and Vasant Nath. Kelly Luegenbiehl, Erik Barmack, and Motwane served as the executive producers.
Starring
- Saif Ali Khan
- Nawazuddin Siddiqui
- Elnaaz Norouzi
- Radhika Apte
- Pankaj Tripathi
- Kalki Koechlin
- Ranvir Shorey
- Luke Kenny