"Top 5 Must-Watch Hindi Web Series Adapted from Novels: A Curated List for 2023"

July 15, 2023

" "Do you enjoy reading novels? Then this article is for you since we will be discussing various novel-based Hindi web shows. Adapting novels into web series has become a popular practice in Bollywood filmmaking, and some of the most successful films have sprung from novels. We’ve compiled a list of some of the best and most popular Hindi web series based on novels that everyone who watches them enjoys. These web series have garnered popularity since their debut episode, not only because they were unique and good, but also because they had wonderful narratives and were really entertaining." "

1. Sacred Games: Based on Vikram Chandra’s 2006 novel of the same name, Sacred Games is an Indian neo-noir criminal thriller. The series recounts the events that transpire after Sartaj Singh, a troubled police officer in Mumbai, receives a phone call from mobster Ganesh Gaitonde demanding that he save the city over the next 25 days. A fleeing gang boss and a nice cop have a common history. The cryptic warning of the gang boss motivates the good cop to embark on a mission to prevent calamity in Mumbai.

2. A Suitable Boy: Andrew Davies adapted Vikram Seth’s 1993 novel A Suitable Boy into a BBC television drama miniseries. The drama explores four interwoven families in North India against the backdrop of post-independence India. Mrs. Rupa Mehra is the protagonist, and she is looking for a good husband for her youngest daughter Lata. The daughter is torn between what she owes her mother and what she wants to do with her romantic suitors.

3.State of Siege: 26/11 is an Indian action-thriller web series based on journalist Sandip Unnithan’s book “Black Tornado: The Three Sieges of Mumbai 26/11”. The series delves at Operation Black Tornado, the military reaction to the November 26, 2008 terrorist strikes. It concentrates on the NSG Commandos, who were called in to save the day after the Mumbai Police suffered major casualties during the terrorist attacks on November 26.

4.The Final Call: television thriller series the remiered in 2019 and is based on Priya Kumar’s 2015 book “I Will Go with You.” The plot centres around the passengers on a Mumbai-to-Sydney flight whose lives are jeopardized when the captain tries to commit himself while the plane is in flight. When the captain of Skyline Flight 502 decides to end his life by committing suicide, he jeopardizes the lives of almost 300 passengers. Kiran Mirza, anairline officer, and the ATS team work rapidly to save the passengers.

5. Bhrm: “Bhram” is a psychological horror/thriller in which the protagonist, who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), journeys to various extremes (psychological, supernatural, and mythical) in an attempt to unearth a long-forgotten reality. The tangled past reveals new facts, upending everything.