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Afsos (2020)
7.5/10on IMDb
First aired
Eight roughly half-hour episodes turn a man's attempt to arrange his own death into a strange pursuit of survival and immortality. Gulshan Devaiah and Heeba Shah make the black comedy's changes of direction worth following. Allow a few hours for its odd little world; the suicide premise is central and the humour deliberately uncomfortable, with far more personality than a routine chase thriller.
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Home Shanti (2022)
8.0/10on IMDb
First aired
Six episodes of around half an hour follow a Dehradun family's attempt to build its own home. Manoj Pahwa and Supriya Pathak supply the best reason to try it: a small practical disagreement can reveal years of living together. This is the gentle three-hour route through the list, particularly appealing if a floor plan and a budget sound like sufficient material for domestic comedy.
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The Gone Game (2020)
7.9/10on IMDb
First aired
The first season's four episodes, around twenty-five minutes each, turn lockdown separation and digital communication into the structure of a disappearance mystery. Watch for the ingenuity of its remote storytelling and Shweta Tripathi's anxious search for information. A second season follows, so this recommendation is for a short opening run, not a promise that the entire story ends in under two hours.
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Saas Bahu Achaar Pvt. Ltd. (2022)
8.3/10on IMDb
First aired
A six-episode run gives Suman's pickle business and effort to regain day-to-day life with her children a clear emotional centre. Amruta Subhash and Yamini Das make the bond between a woman and her former mother-in-law unusually engaging. Budget a few hours for a small enterprise shaped by family hurt, with the work of earning and caring carrying the recommendation.
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Better Life Foundation (2016)
8.4/10on IMDb
First aired
The first season is a five-episode NGO-office mockumentary, making it easy to sample the ensemble's dry discomfort. Good intentions collide with vanity, working habits and an organisation's need to look effective. There is a later season too; begin with the short opening run for a Hindi-English workplace comedy whose mission statement is much more orderly than the people delivering it.
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Kaalkoot (2023)
7.8/10on IMDb
First aired
Eight episodes make the acid-attack investigation a commitment of roughly five hours. Vijay Varma's junior officer is worth the time because pursuing the case also forces him to examine the assumptions around his own life. The material is distressing and the tone often bleak. Choose it for an investigation that keeps its social environment visible, rather than for a relaxing short mystery.
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Bombay Begums (2021)
5.1/10on IMDb
First aired
Six episodes, mostly around fifty minutes, connect women occupying very different positions in Mumbai's economy. Pooja Bhatt, Shahana Goswami and Amruta Subhash give ambition and dependency different emotional textures. Allow about five hours: the value is the friction between the women's choices and resources, with sexual exploitation and underage drug use among the heavier material.
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Ray (2021)
7.1/10on IMDb
First aired
Four separate Satyajit Ray story adaptations let you choose an episode without learning a long serial history. The Hindi anthology moves between psychological unease, dark humour and obsession, with performances including Manoj Bajpayee and Kay Kay Menon. Episodes are substantial, around an hour rather than short sketches, making this a useful option for two evenings of distinct stories.
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Typewriter (2019)
6.5/10on IMDb
First aired
Five episodes build a haunted Goan house around young ghost hunters, a family moving in and an ominous history. The run is roughly four hours, with a more adventurous surface than the adult horror elsewhere here. Choose it for the pleasures of discovering a supernatural place and its rules; its compact size should not be mistaken for a guarantee that every lingering question is closed.
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Murder in Mahim (2024)
7.9/10on IMDb
First aired
Eight episodes of roughly forty minutes give the Mumbai investigation room to examine prejudice, family assumptions and an older friendship. Vijay Raaz and Ashutosh Rana make the partnership as interesting as the case. It is one of the longer commitments here, best spread over a couple of evenings, and earns that space through a social world the investigators must learn to see more clearly.
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