#BingeRewind: The shows that defined our year in streaming!

From The Ba***ds of Bollywood to The Hunt, this year had a plethora of OTT content that stole our hearts, and here's why they stood out from the rest!

The year 2025 saw a lot happening in the streaming space. While there were attempts to revive casual, second-screen binge-worthy TV shows, efforts that didn’t quite land, there were also bold experiments like Ba**ds of Bollywood, Black Warrant, and others that surprisingly did. At the same time, returning seasons of shows like Pataal Lok carried forward the legacy of their breakthrough originals with confidence. Here’s a look back at the year, featuring the shows that went beyond to steal our heart from what the streaming world had to offer us!

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Black Warrant- Netflix 

A gripping exploration of life behind bars, Black Warrant goes beyond the prison walls to examine the morally blurred relationships between police and inmates. The series challenges the simplistic binaries of good and evil, revealing how messy, human, and interconnected both sides truly are.

Paatal Lok Season 2- Prime Video

Set against the dense socio-political landscape of Nagaland, the new season deepens the show’s commitment to shining light on the lives of invisibles. From the struggles of mothers and marginalised communities to the region’s fraught relationship with the state, Paatal Lok 2 expands its canvas with urgency and empathy.

Khauf- Prime Video

While many stories depict the challenges women face, Khauf brings to the forefront the constant, lingering fear of sexual assault women carry through their daily lives like a shadow that never leaves. The series captures this haunting emotional reality with a rawness and clarity rarely seen on screen.

Black, White and Gray: Love Kills- SonyLIV

This show cleverly holds up a mirror to our obsession with crime thrillers by placing us inside a mockumentary that follows a fictional story of two youngsters who get caught in a series of events leading to their deaths, while the documentary sections “interview” people involved in trying to find them and bring them home. The beauty of the series lies in how convincingly it blurs fact and fiction so much so that even the documentary within the show feels real, forcing you to confront your own voyeuristic impulses.

Dabba Cartel- Netflix

With its sharp perspective on how women are often invisible in their own homes, Dabba Cartel turns that invisibility into a superpower. The series flips the script, showing how being overlooked by men who are too distracted to notice anything beyond themselves becomes the very advantage that allows these women to stand tall, reclaim agency, and even run a full-fledged drug cartel right under everyone’s noses. 

The Ba***ds of Bollywood- Netflix

Aryan Khan’s directorial debut took the world of OTT by storm with its satirical take on the inner workings of Bollywood.It was the 2025 re-incarnation of what Farah Khan once pioneered with her brainrot comedies. It’s over-the-top, self-aware, and the story kept getting wackier with each episode. Aryan Khan took the impulses from a Farah Khan film, but injected a meta-edge to it. He mocked nepotism, referenced his own controversies, and let all the popular cameos feel like a part of the joke rather than lofty tributes! 

The Hunt: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case- SonyLIV

A crime thriller based on the real-life investigation into the 1991 assassination of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, Nagesh Kukunoor’s The Hunt is a gripping yet sensitive account of the events that unfolded sans any political commentary. The series is adapted from the book Ninety Days, and explores the high-stakes, 90-day manhunt for the perpetrators and the elusive mastermind, Sivarasan. ​It follows CBI Director D.R. Kaarthikeyan (Amit Sial) and his elite Special Investigation Team (SIT) as they track the assassins across India. The show offers a detailed, procedural account of the challenges, pressure, and intricacies of one of the most consequential investigations in Indian political history.

Court Kacheri- SonyLIV

Helmed by Ruchir Arun, Court Kacheri is a quintessential TVF production that narrates a father-son story marked by relatable themes of identity, legacy, and finding your voice, amid the chaos of a small town courtroom. The legal drama centres around Param (Ashish Verma), the reluctant son of a celebrated lawyer, who is pressured to join his father's legal practice in a small-town court. The heartwarming series sees ​Param navigate the messy, cynical reality of the Sarjanpur District Court and the blurry line between justice and influence. 

The Family Man season 3- Prime Video

The long-awaited third season of The Family Man doesn’t always hold its ground, yet it manages to stay afloat by expanding its scale, commentary, and character arcs. With the focus tilting more towards establishing the season’s antagonist, Srikant Tiwari retreats slightly into the shadows, but the series retains enough intrigue to make us eager for his full-throttle return in what comes next.

In Transit- Prime Video

A poignant, yet powerful four-part docu-series that offers an intimate look at the lives of nine transgender and non-binary individuals across India, Tiger Baby’s In Transit presents their personal and social journeys of identity, love, and struggle without an iota of sensationalism or deliberate addition of shock or sob values. While slightly familiar to other documentaries you might have viewed on the subject, the show still comes across as a sincere attempt to promote empathy and understanding for the rainbow community as it empowered its subjects to authentically share their dreams, challenges, and ideas of home.

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