10 best Mirzapur-like Hindi web series to watch online: Aarya, Rangbaaz, The Family Man, and more

There is no dearth of gritty crime thrillers on OTT platforms, in fact, you’d be hard-pressed to find a show that isn’t dark and gritty, while Gori has found a strong following among Mirzapur fans, many other shows have changed. Rage among viewers dealt with similar themes of betrayal, bloodlust, complicated family bonds, and mafia-related violence. Before Sushmita Sen’s Arya and Manoj Bajpayee’s The Family Man, Saif Ali Khan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s Sacred Games kickstarted the entire genre in India.

So, while you wait Mirzapur Season 3Here are some other Hindi thriller web series that you can watch online at the moment:

The Family Man

Manoj Bajpayee stars in The Family Man as Srikanth Tiwari, a senior intelligence officer who tries to balance his demanding career and volatile family life. The first season sees him investigating a potential terrorist attack, the second season a Tamil Tiger-esque military resistance from Sri Lanka and how they plan to gain freedom. Season 2 stars Samantha Ruth Prabhu. The makers have already confirmed that Season 3 of The Family Man is in the making.

Where to stream Family Man

All episodes of The Family Man Season 1 and Season 2 are streaming on Disney Plus Hotstar.

Patal Lok

Patal Lok focuses on disillusioned cop Hathiram Chaudhary (Jaideep Ahlawat), who is assigned a unique case that drags him into the underworld. The show stars Gul Panag, Ishwak Singh and Neeraj Kabi among others.

Where to stream Patal Lok

Patal Lok is streaming on Amazon Prime.

Arya

Directed by Sandeep Modi, the crime-thriller Arya stars Sushmita Sen as Arya. The story revolves around Arya, an independent woman who joins a mafia gang as she fights to save her family to avenge her husband’s murder.

Where to see

Arya is telecasting on Disney Plus Hotstar.

Rangabaj

The series is set in Gorakhpur in the 90s. The show is based on the true story of Mr Prakash Shukla, a notorious gangster from Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The show starred Saqib Saleem, Tigmanshu Dhulia and Ranveer Shorey in pivotal roles and had three seasons to its credits.

Where to see

Rangbaaz is telecasting on Zee5.

Assyrian

Asur is set in the city of Varanasi and revolves around Nikhil Nair, a teacher-turned-forensic expert who is forced to rejoin the CBI with his former mentor while trying to solve the mystery of a brutal serial killer. The show stars Arshad Warsi, Barun Sobti, Sharib Hashmi and Ridhi Dogra among others.

Where to see

Airing on Asur Woot.

Special ops

Directed by Neeraj Pandey, Special Ops sees Kay Kay Menon as Himmat Singh, a member of the Research and Analysis Wing, who forms a team of five agents to hunt down the man responsible for terror attacks in India. The show also featured Karan Takkar, Vinay Pathak and Sayami Kher among others.

Where to see

The special ops are airing on Disney Plus Hotstar.

Criminal Justice

Directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia, Criminal Justice chronicles the adventures of people trying to understand the legal system in India. The show stars Pankaj Tripathi, Vikrant Massey, Jackie Shroff and Anupriya Goenka.

Where to see

Criminal Justice is streaming on Disney Plus Hotstar.

Take a breath

Breathe and its subsequent sequel, Breathe Into the Shadows starred Amit Saad, Abhishek Bachchan and Nithya Menon in lead roles. While the first season saw Madhavan as a desperate father who goes to any violent lengths to get his son as a donor, the second season saw Abhishek Bachchan as a father trying to track down his daughter’s kidnapper with the help of Amit Saad.

Where to see

Breathe is streaming on Amazon Prime.

hostages

Directed by Sudhir Mishra, Hostages focuses on a renowned surgeon who intends to operate on a chief minister, but things take a sinister turn when her family is kidnapped and ordered to kill the minister instead. The second season picks up on the first season where a retired cop kidnaps the Chief Minister for a bone marrow transplant to save his wife’s life.

Where to see

Hostages is now streaming on Disney Plus Hotstar.

Sacred games

The first original Netflix show, Sacred Games focuses on Sartaj Singh, a disgraced officer in Mumbai. His world takes a turn for the worse when he receives a phone call from a fearsome crime lord named Ganesh Gaitonde, who tells him he has 25 days to save Mumbai. After the call, Sartaj undertakes a dangerous quest to avoid such destruction and finds himself in the heart of the city’s seedy underbelly.

Where to see

All seasons of Sacred Games are streaming on Netflix.

List of Best Hindi Web Series Like Mirzapur: Title, Streaming Platform, IMDb Rating