Raindrops twirled on your window, a thoughtful cup of chai warmed in your hands, and stories that wrapped smoothly around you like a warm hug—yup, that’s monsoon vibes! It feels nice to watch the world wash away behind a veil of rain on the glass while you float upon emotional roller coasters engulfed in meaningful stories. Be it mystery, romance, or drama, when you want to embrace the mood, ZEE5 has stories for your rainy day! Best web series to watch this monsoon? You’re in the right place. Let the binge begin!
Romantic Series to Watch
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Love Bites
Rain, cold, and a little bit of romance, Love Bites is the ideal monsoon binge watch. Experience the journey of 23-year-old Vishwas, who relocates to Pune and meets seven unique women in seven days. Each woman provides him with a different sparkle and a life lesson. From innocent infatuation to emotional awakenings, each episode hits us like a rain cloud bursting with memories. Allow this delightful series to be your friend on a rainy day binge-watch show filled with love, learning, and introspection.
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Fittrat
Rain, cold weather, and fierce friendships do not get much better than this. Fittrat is your monsoon watch for all things glamorous, gritty, and emotional. Follow Tarini, a bold gold-digger after wealth, and her childhood friend Amy, whose world shatters when love and loyalty clash. As the betrayal is revealed, and truths are revealed, Tarini learns about the polish of self-worth. This tool will have you surrounded by drama and redemption. This is a perfect show for a rainy day (when you want to indulge in a good story).
Comedy Series to Watch
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Kaun Banegi Shikharwati
Rain, cold, and royal disorder, Kaun Banegi Shikharwati provides the right amount of hilarity and drama for your monsoon binge. A broke king pretends to be sick to bring his four estranged daughters together, and a bizarre competition unfolds at a dilapidated palace. As siblings contend against one another, truths come to light, and this funny and touching story shows how family crises can be the ultimate storms to weather on a rainy day.
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Ayali
Rain, cold and rebellious – Ayali is a monsoon must-watch that combines heartfelt drama with understated bravery. Set in the stronghold village of Veerappannai, Tamil Selvi, the young heroine, dares to dream beyond a 500-year-old tradition which forbids girls to learn. While her journey to the doctor is both compelling and sad, this important series is the ideal accompaniment for chilly, rainy days filled with hope, resilience, and poetic stories.
Thriller Series to Watch
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Bhram
A dark, rainy, mysterious day… Bhram is the perfect watch for a brooding monsoon day! The book delves into Alisha’s journey, a writer, coping with PTSD after a traumatic emotional event. As Alisha was trying to live her life, she was dealing with her trauma, when strange shifts in her reality presented themselves, leading her to question the definitions of real. The situation is compounded by unusual battles with the paranormal, hiding the truth, and a mind playing tricks. If you enjoy dark, intense stories that mimic the rain, Bhram is an absolute must-see!
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Lalbazar
Chilly rain and biting suspense, Lalbazar is the monsoon thriller that makes thrillers thrilling. Set in the authentic – and at times, grotesque – city of Kolkata, this crime drama follows a concrete Lultog and the brave cops who jump into the chilling unknown to expose the gloom of the city that other cops shy away from. The characters are forceful and layered enough to invest in, the investigations are intense and gripping with layered mysteries, and each episode seems to pull you deeper into the overwhelming storm of justice and the maelstrom of a good experience for a movie marathon for a chilly, wet evening. Truly one of the monsoon special Indian dramas that packs grit and emotion.
Action Series to Watch
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Mai Hero Boll Raha Hu
A hot cup of tea, cool weather and a story about ambition, Mai Hero Boll Raha Hu brings the triple header of drama and action this monsoon. Meet Nawab, a naif from a small town who scales the pyramid to become Bombay’s most feared don in the underworld in the 90s. But when love and betrayal come together, bullets fly and loyalty wavers. Gritty, gripping, and full of bravado, this gangster saga is the choice for a day of thrilling drama this monsoon.
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Abhay
Rain, cold and a suspenseful storm, Abhay is the ideal monsoon thriller you can get your heart racing with. Abhay Pratap Singh, a.k.a SP Abhay, is a cop fighting strange criminals and facing a force that has begun to darken his world and all around him. Each season has raised the stakes, the action becoming bigger, the darkness more sinister. Sit back, relax and take in the drama, danger and grit of a crime saga if you’ve got a dark, rainy night ahead of you and you’re running out of evening options, incorporating some relevant mind games. This is one of those feel-good series for rainy weekends, if your idea of “feel-good” includes justice being served in the darkest ways.
Take a reprieve from the pace of your life when the rain is gently tapping at your window and all movement is slow motion. There is no better time to invest in engaging stories, abiding emotions and alluring characters. Whether you enjoy romance, thrillers, drama or comedy, make this Monsoon Season a legitimate excuse to take some time off from your busy life with stories that might carry over into your life long after the last episode is done. So snuggle up, wander into it with your chai and enjoy knowing that you can sink into your streaming platform through the storm, only on ZEE5, where with every monsoon comes a fresh story.
