When it comes to Hindi TV series, Hotstar has a huge library of content from all the Star TV channels you watch normally through cable TV. However, some of the best Hindi TV series on Hotstar are the ones that have been produced as Hotstar Specials. Most of these TV shows are great, with the exception of a few. We’ve listed the five best Hotstar Hindi shows in this article.Â
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Best Hindi TV series on Hotstar
Editor’s note: We will keep adding to this list of the best Hindi shows on Hotstar as and when new ones are announced.
1. Criminal Justice
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Criminal Justice is a Hindi TV series on Hotstar with an ensemble cast consisting of big Bollywood names like Jackie Shroff, Pankaj Tripathi, and Vikrant Massey. The thriller TV series follows almost the exact same plot as HBO’s The Night Of. It also shares its story with the first season of a 2008 BBC series named Criminal Justice. So in a sense, this is a Hindi remake of both of those shows. The Hotstar version of the TV series tells the story of Aditya (Vikrant Massey), a cab driver who has a one-night stand with his passenger Sanaya (Madhurima Roy). He spends the night at her place but when he wakes up, he finds himself in a pool of her blood. Soon the cops pin Sanya’s murder on him and its up to his lawyer Madhav Mishra (Pankaj Tripathi) to get him acquitted from the charges.
2. Special Ops
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This is a Hindi espionage thriller on Hotstar that tells the story of a RAW agent (Kay Kay Menon) who believes that a series of terror attacks have been perpetrated by a single terrorist. He is under an official inquiry though, for his exaggerated use of government funds. The series unfolds as Menon describes how he selected and trained a number of special operatives to bring down the anarchist behind the some of the biggest terrorist attacks in India and around the world. The eight-part show is a bit stretched, but Menon keeps the mood going and makes this an overall satisfactory watch.
3. Out Of Love
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Out of Love is a five-part TV series on Hotstar based on BBC One’s Doctor Foster. It stars Purab Kohli and Rasika Dugal in lead roles of husband and wife duo Meera and Akarsh. The two are shown happily married until Meera finds a woman’s hair on Akarsh’s scarf. She starts sleuthing around to figure if Akarsh is having an affair with someone. When she finds out that he is indeed involved with someone, she falls into chaos and makes a number of bad decisions, only to come to a point where she must decide between forgiving, forgetting, or fighting with her better half. The TV series is extremely engaging and will pull you in with its fantastic performances.Â
4. Hostages
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This is a crime thriller Hindi TV series on Hotstar wherein a doctor’s family is taken hostage by four masked men a night before she’s scheduled to operate on a highly influential and powerful politician. She can either save her patient or her family, but instead, she chooses to take on her the tormentors and turns the tables on them. Hostages stars some pretty well-known TV celebs like Tisca Chopra, Ronit Roy, Parvin Dabas, Aashim Gulati and Mohan Kapoor. The plot of this TV series is not something to write home about but it’s fast-paced and keeps you at the edge of your seat right up till the end.
5. City of Dreams
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This Hindi political drama on Hotstar has been created by Nagesh Kukunoor and is one of the best shows to watch in this list. The plot of the TV series is centered around a fictional political dynasty in Mumbai. An assassination attempt is carried out on the patriarch and one of the most influential leaders of this family, following which a power struggle begins between his daughter and son, blurring the lines between what’s moral and immoral. The show has some brilliant performances by lesser known actors like Priya Bapat and Siddharth Chandekar. Meanwhile, it also casts well-known TV actors like Atul Kulkarni, Sachin Pilgaonkar, and Eijaz Khan in key roles. City Of Dreams will remind you of existing political dynasties in India and we don’t even have to name them, you’ll get it when you watch the show.
So those were the five best Hindi TV series you can watch on Hotstar right now. The options here are limited, but Hotstar also has a wealth of English TV shows to watch so you can get to them once you’re done going through this list.
Looking for more good Indian originals across other streaming platforms? Check out our list of the best Indian TV shows on Netflix and Amazon Prime.
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