ALT Balaji is a subscription-based Straming platform launched in 2017 by the Daily Soup Queen ‘Ekta Kapoor’.
ALTBalaji is one of the best and biggest Indian Digital content streaming platforms till date.
The platform shows in regional languages such as Bengali, Tamil, Gujarati and also includes content for kids. It has a variety of options to offer in the original web-series category.
After the launch, in just 3 years, the platform has created many original web series in romance, drama, comedy to thriller, suspense, action, and erotica that have obtained large popularity among the audiences.
Note: This entire list is made on the basis of popularity and not on the basis of our ratings.
Here, I’m shown my selects for the best web series on ALTBalaji.
Table of Contents
1. Bose: Dead or Alive
- Genre: Historical Period Drama
- Release Date: 20 November 2017
- Cast: Rajkummar Rao, Naveen Kasturia, Edward Sonnenblick, Edward Sonnenblick, Anna Ador, Chinmoy Das
- Director: Pulkit
- Episodes: 9
- Running Time: 20-29 minutes
- Whyit Ratings: 4.3/5
Bose: Dead or Alive is a historical drama series based on the book India’s Biggest Cover-up by activist Anuj Dhar.
The award-winning series Bose Dead or Alive is a series describing the historical history of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, his precise philosophy about freedom and the controversies and suspense related to his death.
The director makes an honest attempt to dig Bose’s mysterious life and he has also succeeded in it.
As an Indian, if you have not seen this series, then you have really missed something.
You should also watch this series for Rajkummar Rao as he has given a different level of performance in the series.
2. Apharan
- Genre: Crime, Thriller
- Release Date: 14 December 2018
- Cast: Arunoday Singh, Mahie Gill, Monica Chaudhary, Nidhi Singh, Varun Badola, Neha Kaul, Sanjay Batra
- Director: Siddharth Sen Gupta
- Episodes: 12
- Running Time: 18-23 minutes
- Whyit Ratings: 4/5
Apharan is the action and thriller series which revolves around the mystery, kidnapping, suspense, and never-ending action.
The series showcases the suspense about a young girl’s Apharan. In this kidnapping, Uttrakhand police cop Rudra Srivastav was involved.
But the story seems simple, it is not so. Because the story looked like a simple case of kidnapping and extortion, it becomes solid and complex for Rudra of tricks and betrayals.
Apharan web series is an excellent package of dialogues, crime, mysteries, and stories. It’s one of the best creations from the ALTBalaji series till date.
3. The Test Case
- Genre: Action, Drama
- Release Date: 30 April 2017
- Cast: Nimrit Kaur, Akshay Oberoi, Atul Kulkarni, Manit Joura, Rahul Dev, Anup Soni, Sumit Suri, Arshia Verma
- Director: Vinay Waikul, Nagesh Kukunoor
- Episodes: 10
- Whyit Ratings: 4/5
There have been many movies and series in the name of Feminism, but ALTBalaji this series is worth watching.
The Test Case revolves around Captain Shikha Sharma (Nimrat Kaur) who is the only woman among the group of Indian Army officers, training for Special Forces.
This story shows that you should never leave your passion even if you are alone and people are against you.
Without any drama and temper in the story, the series makers have served to keep a story real.
4. Haq Se
- Genre: Romance, Drama
- Release Date: 2 February 2018
- Cast: Rajeev Khandelwal, Surveen Chawla, Parul Gulati, Aanchal Sharma, Nikessha Rangwala, Rukhsar Rehman, Simone Singh
- Director: Ken Ghosh
- Episodes: 20
- Running Time: 18-25 minutes
- Whyit Ratings: 3.5/5
Promising romantic series from ALTBalaji, Haq Se is set in the heart of a troubled Kashmir in India.
The story based on Louisa May Alcott’s ‘Little Woman’.
It tells the story of four sisters Meher, Jannat, Bano, and Amal, who try to keep their dreams alive between the setting-up political and religious tightness in the valley.
The beauty of Kashmir, the depth of the story, and the performance of all the actors make this romantic series worth watching.
- Genre: Romance
- Release Date: 27 November 2018
- Cast: Vikrant Massey, Harleen Sethi, Sheetal Thakur, Pooja Bhamrah, Akriti Singh, Pooja Bhamrrah, Jitin Gulati
- Director: Santosh Singh
- Episodes: 11
- Running Time: 18-23 minutes
- Whyit Ratings: 3/5
Another romantic series from ALTBalaji, Broken But Beautiful is not just about Love, it also tells the story of heartbreaks and never-ending romance between two individuals.
Its the story of Veer, who struggling to get over the loss of his wife. Sameera is having a difficult time moving on after her break up with her boyfriend Kartik.
Now, these two broken hearts will meet each other, then what will happen, that’s shown in this series.
If you too have had a bad relationship experience then you will feel the connection in the series.
6. Kehne Ko Humsafar Hain
- Genre: Romance, Drama
- Release Date: 16 March 2018
- Cast: Ronit Roy, Mona Singh, Gurdeep Kohli, Pooja Banerjee, Palak Jain, Apurva Agnihotri, Manraj Singh
- Director: Anil V Kumar, Kapil Sharma
- Episodes: 15
- Running Time: 18-28 minutes
- Whyit Ratings: 2.9/5
ALTBalaji creates a lot of stories in thriller and crime genre as well as the romance genre, one of which is Kehne Ko Humsafar Hain series.
It’s the story of a married man Rohit Mehra, who faces a decent dilemma. He must make a choice between his love and family. An extramarital affair, family emotions are the primary theme of the show.
In front of Rohit is his wife on one side and another side his true love, will he choose any one of these two?
The story is simple and not new but due to the performance of all the actors, this show becomes special.
7. Home
- Genre: Drama
- Release Date: 29 August 2018
- Cast: Amol Parashar, Anu Kapoor, Supriya Pilgaonkar, Parikshit Sahni, Chetna Pande, Himani Shivpuri, Paritosh Sand
- Director: Habib Faisal
- Episodes: 12
- Running Time: 18-23 minutes
- Whyit Ratings: 3/5
Home is another drama series from ALTBalaji featuring Amol Parashar, Anu Kapoor, and Supriya Pilgaonkar.
The critically praised web series focuses on an ideal middle-class Sethi family. The family lives simple and happy life is lost in disarray by an ouster notice. The series explores how the Sethi family fight to save their home.
This series is a must-watch for ease of story and performance of talented actors.
8. Hero Vardiwala
- Genre: Drama
- Release Date: 25 January 2019
- Cast: Dinesh Lal Yadav, Amrapali Dubey, Sambhavna Sheth
- Director: Mahesh Pandey
- Episodes: 13
- Whyit Ratings: 2/5
If you are a fan of Bhojpuri content and movies then Hero Vardiwala has to be on the preference of your must-watch web-series list.
It’s a story of IPS Officer Tejasvi Pratap, who has to return law and order when the terrorist organization Blackstar manages business and political operations of UP. Turns out, his bold and fearless approach to this fight has a personal agenda too.
It is later revealed that his bold and fearless attitude also has a personal agenda in this adventure.
Those who watch Bhojpuri movies will surely like this series, but the rest of the viewers may have a problem watching it.
9. Dev DD
- Genre: Drama
- Release Date: 21 April 2017
- Cast: Asheema Vardan, Akhil Kapur, Sanjay Suri, Rashmi Agdekar, Sandeep Pandey, Jason Shah
- Director: Ken Ghosh
- Episodes: 11
- Running Time: 16-26 minutes
- Whyit Ratings: 2.7/5
Another Feminisiom story from ALTBalaji, this series talks about women empowerment, equality, and rights. Dev DD is the modern version of popular Bollywood movie Devdas.
Dev DD focuses on a bold and frank girl Vicky who denies executing societal norms and expectations. She is smart-sharp and she drinks, smokes, admits and she loves sex. It’s the same Devdas film story with lots of fortunes and drink but presented with a twist.
Originally, the concept of the series is about a girl fighting against the bizarre rules and regulations made for women in India. And I like this concept.
The series made a fabulous story and volatile intimate scenes, excellent for a binge-watch.
10. Cyber Squad
- Genre: Romance, Thriller
- Release Date: 21 April 2017
- Cast: Rohan Shah, Aditya Agnihotri, Arti Dave, Jovita Jose, Siddharth Sharma, Omkar Kulkarni, Roshan Preet, B. Santhanu
- Director: Suyash Vadhavkar (Pilot), Abhay Chhabra
- Episodes: 10
- Running Time: 18-46 minutes
- Whyit Ratings: 3.5/5
The series revolves around the adventures of 4 coll and super friends who attempt to combine the dots of their life between the online and offline worlds.
These teenagers help the police find criminals with full of fun, twists and turns, and romance.
While watching this series, I feel like I’m watching Hollywood movies because the story was interesting and there was some newness in it. So, this show is the must-watch for you.
11. Puncch Beat
- Genre: Romance, Thriller
- Release Date: 14 February 2019
- Cast: Priyank Sharma, Siddharth Sharma, Harshita Gaur, Khushi Joshi, Kajol Tyagi, Krishna Kaul, Nikhil Bhambri
- Director: Suyash Vadhavkar
- Episodes: 13
- Running Time: 20 minutes
- Whyit Ratings: 2.9/5
Puncch Beat is a romantic and quintessential teen drama series on ALTBalaji which is created and written by Vikas Gupta.
The story turns around Rosewood High, India’s prime academic institution which is well known for three points: boxing, dancing, and discipline. But as the new semester and new batch start it opens a lot of dark secrets and ultimately, all rules are broken.
Basically, Paanch Beat is the digital version of Karan Johar’s Students of The Year.
- Genre: Erotic Drama
- Release Date: 3 May 2018
- Cast: Anveshi Jain, Flora Saini, Yamini Singh, Vikas Verma, Neetha Shetty, Mrinalini Tyagi
- Director: Sachin Mohite
- Seasons: 4
- Episodes: 18
- Running Time: 42–45 minutes
- Whyit Ratings: 2/5
Gandii Baat is the most popular creation of Alt Balaji. This erotic adult web series features a different story in each episode noted from rural India.
Alt Balaji has released 4 seasons of Gandii Baat series covering 4 or 5 episodes per season.
Each episode is shown with a new story and a new cast. This series is very popular among viewers for its bold and erotic content.
- Genre: Sci-fi, Drama
- Release Date: 10 September 2019
- Cast: Mona Singh, Nidhi Singh, Neetu Sinha, Palomi Ghosh, Ashish Vidyarthi, Mohan Joshi, Suhaas Ahuja
- Director: Vinay Waikul
- Episodes: 8
- Running Time: 18–23 minutes
- Whyit Ratings: 3/5
The same story form Akshay Kumar’s ‘Mission Mangal’, MOM- Mission Over Mars featuring Sakshi Tanwar, Mona Singh, Nidhi Singh, and Palomi Ghosh as protagonists.
The story revolves around Indian space agency’s attempts to send an Indian orbiter mission to Mars and the role of women scientists in this orbiter mission.
The show promotes Women’s Empowerment and the show was very good to watch compared to ‘Mission Mangal’ but it could not be popular due to poor CGI.
- Genre: Courtroom Drama, Mystery
- Release Date: 30 September 2019
- Cast: Manav Kaul, Sumeet Vyas, Elli AvrRam, Viraf Patel, Makrand Deshpande, Soni Razdan, Saurabh Shukla, Ivan Rodrigues, Angad Bedi, Kubbra Sait, Pooja Gaur
- Director: Shashant Shah
- Episodes: 10
- Running Time: 18–23 minutes
- Whyit Ratings: 2.5/5
Another same story from Akshay Kumar’s hit movie ‘Rustom’. ALTBalaji’s The Verdict- State Vs Nanavati shows the detailed story of the Nanavati case.
The real story based on the life of Naval Commander Nanavati and set in the period of 1950s Bombay. Kawas Nanavati shots dead a famous businessman Prem Ahuja with his gun for having an affair with his wife. Then he goes to the police to surrender but appeals ‘Not guilty’.
In the courtroom drama story, you will find many types of emotions such as anger, comfort, laughter, and verbal fighting. You will find all these emotions in the series and that’s why the series deserves your time.
15. Romil & Jugal
- Genre: Romance, Drama
- Release Date: 21 April 2017
- Cast: Rajeev Siddhartha, Manraj Singh, Mandira Bedi, Hariman Dhanjal, Shrishti Ganguly Rindani, Manini Mishra
- Director: Nupur Asthana
- Episodes: 10
- Running Time: 18–25 minutes
- Whyit Ratings: 2.5/5
Romil & Jugal is all about same-sex relationship it means two men of today’s society who fall in love with each other.
It’s a story of two men who fall in love and struggle to get their love accepted in an orthodox Indian society.
Todays times, there has been a lot of debate around same-sex marriage, LGBTQ, Article 377, etc. So, this series coverup the LGBTQ story and the makers tells the story in a good way.
So, when you are getting started watching these series on ALTBalaji?