If You Love Dramas, Here Are 14 Indian Dramas You Need To Add To Your Watch List ASAP (2024)

This is a finite drama that ran for eight months. It broke my years-long gap of not watching any Indian dramas — even the actors themselves came on because of the unique concept, stating that "a show like Bepannah comes your way rarely" (!!!). It's a beautiful exploration of grief, loss, and betrayal, with a couple you'll love to root for.

Aditya and Zoya are very different individuals brought together in the most unusual way: Their spouses are found dead together in a road accident, inadvertently revealing their affair. Def not your run-of-the-mill romance. Reeling from the shock of their spouses' betrayal and their deaths, the two spiral into different forms of grief — Aditya through anger, taken out on Zoya, and Zoya through denial. Did their marriages mean nothing? Was it an accident, or was it murder?

Aditya and Zoya are the only ones who understand each other in this situation, and you get to watch how they push each others' growth — Zoya, who is extremely naïve, but through Aditya, is able to become her own person, while she calls Aditya out for lashing out at others, but through her, he is able to face his trauma. The series won a ton of awards, including Show of the Year! To top it off, the theme song and background score are EVERYTHING, and it is my most favorite theme to date.

If you are a fan of the enemies-to-lovers trope, this is a must-watch because it takes all of the beloved parts of the trope and presents it in an immensely satisfying way between two leads with breathtaking chemistry. I say Season 2 because that's when the leads, Sanam and Aahil, are introduced, and each season is pretty much stand-alone with its own love story, so you don't need to know what happened beforehand to start. Sanam and Aahil were so popular with fans that even critics took note! The second season was truly carried by the couple.

Strong-headed Sanam, the owner of a modest restaurant, butts heads with ill-tempered business tycoon Aahil, who doesn't know it yet, but has met his match. When Aahil's stepmother gets the two married for business purposes, needless to say, neither is happy with the arrangement. And the slow-burn begins as the two begin to learn more about each other, even though falling in love was never part of the plan. Oh, the butterflies! Plus, their theme is LIT and remains my top fave, coming in second after Bepannah lol.

The show aired for five months. It keeps you hooked with the mystery of our anti-heroine's past and motives. The trailers especially were so good — this one got over 10 million views! — and the show lives up to them! If that doesn't convince you, this one ALSO has a well-done and justified enemies-to-lovers trope, and yes, I'm biased because I can never get enough of those.

Janhvi is the epitome of the perfect daughter-in-law to the prominent Mittal family, devoted and caring and loved by all. On the surface, that is. In reality, Janhvi is a mysterious woman with twisted intentions who has come with a vendetta against the Mittal family and a score to settle — something which the Mittals are blissfully unaware of. She may be able to deceive the family, but when the family's younger son, army officer Kabir, returns home, he begins to break through her carefully made facade, igniting an internal battle between the two.

Starring Jennifer Winget from Bepannah as the antagonistic main character, this series aired for a year and was so successful that a sequel, Beyhadh 2, aired in 2019, with Winget returning as the main character.

Maya, while highly successful in her professional life, lives a lonely personal one, coming from a troubled childhood. She falls in love with Arjun, a cheerful and kind photographer, and the two get married. Arjun realizes Maya's toxic obsession with him too late, after she's already isolated him from the world and his loved ones, and has murdered multiple people who interfere — including her own father. To Maya, her love is truly limitless, and she will go to any length to prove it.

That's what intrigued me to this series in the first place! Like damn, who do I root for? LOL. The show's countless twists and turns really keep you on the edge of your seat. Its theme song is also super catchy and really adds to the show's suspenseful atmosphere. The series spawned a spiritual sequel, Ishq Mein Marjawan 2, which follows the original show's themes of passion, revenge, and jealousy.

Aarohi, a kind woman, falls in love with Deep, a rich and intelligent man. He seems like the perfect dream guy — but loving Deep turns Aarohi's normal life into a living hell when it's revealed that Deep is already married to Tara, her doppelgänger and a serial killer, and the two have planned to frame Aarohi for the murders. Things get messy, however, when Deep starts wondering if he truly has fallen for Aarohi, incurring Tara's wrath and unraveling a series of twists and secrets that make you doubt every character's true motive.

The show's title refers to a common blessing given to newly married women in India, wishing their husbands a long life so that they don't become a widow early. Starring Karanvir Bohra (Aahil from Qubool Hai), we follow Viraj, a wealthy and charming businessman who falls in love with Jhanvi, a simple middle-class girl. When he proposes marriage, her family is all too happy with the alliance, and so is Jhanvi — until she learns that she has just trapped herself in a marriage with a man who is obsessive, dangerously possessive, and abusive.

Viraj's behavior is unpredictable, being sweet and loving one moment, then lashing out and torturing her the next, before soothing the wounds he gave her himself. A traumatized Jhanvi realizes that she must save herself, but escaping Viraj is no easy task.

Inspired by real newspaper articles, this show will for sure keep you rooted to the screen! It has 2 seasons and a total of 20 episodes, and it won a ton of awards, including Best Series!

Srikant Tiwari is an ordinary middle-class man who's married with two kids. Well, not really. He's also a world-class spy, working as a senior analyst as part of the National Investigation Agency of India — which his ordinary family knows nothing about. Yikes? We follow Srikant as he humorously tries to balance his normal family life with the demands of his not-so-normal high-pressure secret job, trying to protect the nation from terrorists.