SWEET AND SPICE - INDIAN WEB SERIES ON OTT PLATFORMS by Aneesha Pillai

 What even are OTT platforms?  OTT stands for “Over The Top” and refers to any streaming service that delivers content over the internet.  

There are numerous OTT platforms that are providing its users with amazing and gem like productions. Some of these are:

Netflix : Netflix is the most popular, but also the most expensive, OTT platform in India. It promises its users high-quality content that is binge-worthy. Netflix Originals of the platform played a significant role in inspiring multiple manufacturing firms.

Amazon Prime : Amazon Prime Video is a membership bundle that
provides users to shopping, music, and video streaming benefits. Local languages such as Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Bengali, and many others are supported by the platform.

Hotstar and  Disney+ : Hotstar is a subscription service owned by Star India and The Walt Disney Company India that allows viewers to follow free daily shows and movies as well as a paid version of Hotstar's original content along with Disney's classic movies.

Zee5 : On its streaming platform, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited's subsidiary offers users original as well as TV content. Airtel and Vodafone customers can get a free subscription to the platform. 

Now that we know where to watch the sweetest and the spiciest Indian series of all time, lets cut to the chase. Here are the Top 7 web series in India that are the perfect mix of sweet and spicy:

1. Made in Heaven

Tara and Karan, wedding planners in Delhi, understand that India is a country in change, with tradition colliding with contemporary individual desires. They enter the lives of a different bride and groom with each ceremony. Tara and Karan's weddings educate them to the complexity of Indian culture while reflecting their actual identities – Tara, a lady from the wrong side of the tracks who battled her way up into high society through marriage, and Karan, a gay man living in a nation where homosexuality is outlawed.

Check out the trailer here on youtube.

2. Hasmukh

A long-awaited break for a small-town comic takes a dark turn as he realizes that murder is the only way of maintaining his onstage energy. 

Trigger Warning//Blood and Violence 

Check out the Trailer here.

3. Ghoul

When a new prisoner arrives at a military detention camp behaving strangely, Nida Rahim, a rookie interrogator, searches for the truth. When the prisoner, sect leader Ali Saeed, turns the tables on Nida and the other interrogators, exposing their most humiliating secrets, her search becomes a fight for existence. Nida eventually discovers a ghoul within Saeed and, after alerting her colleagues, learns the startling reality about what its existence.

You can enjoy the series at Netflix.

4. Little things (S1-S3)

A cohabitating couple in their 20s navigates the ups and downs of work, modern-day relationships and finding themselves in contemporary Mumbai. 

Check the trailer here.

4. Fabulous Lives of Bollywood wives

 The reality show flows around the lives of actor Neelam Kothari and bollywood wives Bhavana Pandey, Maheep Kapoor and Seema Khan. Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives shows us the bond the four friends share and how the wives live an extravagant life. 

Take a look a clip from the show. 

5. Masaba Masaba

Fashion designer Masaba Gupta straddles the worlds of fashion and family while making a foray back into the dating world.

Check out the trailer here.

6. The Family Man (S1-S2)

Srikant Tiwari is a middle-class guy who also works as a top-tier spy. Srikant attempts to combine his familial duties with the demands of the National Intelligence Agency's highly covert special unit for which he works.

Take a look at the trailer here. 

7. Mismatched

After being set-up by their families, two teenagers strike up a tentative friendship at their summer programme.

Check the trailer now.