OTT platforms have already become more well-known and well-liked as a result of lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic during which everyone was locked inside their houses as there was lockdown imposed in most of the countries of the world.
In those times of anxiety, digital content was consumed massively by the audience and since that the Craze for OTT has increased day by day, this is the reason why production houses have brought their focus on making series more than that on movies.
Romance is one of the most loved genres and many romantic web-shows were released in the COVID times. So here we have compiled the Best Romantic Web Series people really love and can binge watch too.
1- Immature
OTT platform: MX player
IMDb rating: 8.8/10
Star Cast: Omkar Kulkarni, Rashmi Agdekar, Chinmay Chandranushush and Visshesh Tiwari
ImMature is a story of three teenagers who are eager to be mature. In their final years of school, the three leave their childhood behind and discover their first drink, engage in their first altercation, and mend their first broken heart.
2- College Romance
OTT platform: SonyLIV, TVF Play
IMDb rating: 8.4/10
Star Cast: Gagan Arora, Shreya Mehta, Apoorv Arora, Keshav Sadhna, Hira Ashar
It was one of the most popular coming-of-age series which delivered two hit seasons. It shows how while attending college together, three best friends look for love, fun, and some lifelong experiences. The dilemma between love and friendship is perfectly shown in the series.
The series debuted in August 2018 following the second season in January 2021 and the third season in September 2022.
3- Permanent Roommates
OTT platform: ZEE5/ SonyLIV
IMDb rating: 8.6/10
Star Cast: Sumeet Vyas, Nidhi Singh, Deepak Kumar Mishra, Sheeba Chaddha
After three years of long distance dating, a couple is considering getting hitched. The plot of Permanent Roommates centers on commitment-averse Tanya and her overzealous long-distance boyfriend Mikesh, who unexpectedly travels to India from the United States and asks Tanya to marry him.
4- I am Not a Robot
OTT platform: Netflix/ MX player
IMDb rating: 8/10
Star Cast: Yoo Seung-ho, Chae Soo-bin, Um Ki joon
The South Korean romantic series revolves around a young man whose severe allergy restricts his ability to engage with others. His life is turned around, though, when he meets a budding businesswoman who poses as a robot for her boyfriend.
5- 1% of something
OTT platform: JioCinema/ MX player
IMDb rating: 7.7/10
Star Cast: Ha Seok-jin, Jeon So-min, Lee Hae-in, Im Do Yoon
The South Korean TV drama series revolves around true love and how two very unlikely people- Lee Jae-in and Kim Da- hyun meet and fall in love despite possessing the exact opposite of each other’s characteristics.
6- Bride of the Century
OTT platform: MX Player/ JioCinema
IMDb rating: 7.1/10
Star Cast: Yang Jin-sung, Lee Hong-gi, Jung Hae-in, Nam Jung-hee
The plot of the series revolves around a love triangle and it shows how the wealthy heiress Jang Yi- Kyung disappear right before her wedding to chaebol heir Choi kang-joo, a look a like of her named Na Doo-rim is brought in to take her place.
7- Broken But Beautiful
OTT platform: JioCinema/ ALT Balaji/ MX player
IMDb rating: 8.6/10
Star Cast: Harleen Sethi, Vikrant Massey, Sidharth Shukla, Jitin Gulati
Sameera and Veer are strangers who have quite different personalities. They lost their love, which they believed would last forever, leaving their hearts shattered and crushed. The theme of the novella Broken is a love that mends, not breaks, the heart. A lovely love story starts when love provides two people who have been hurt a second chance.
8- Never Kiss Your Best Friend
OTT platform: ZEE5
IMDb rating: 7.7/10
Star Cast: Nakuul Mehta, Anya Singh, Suchitra Krishnamoorthi, Niki Aneja, Rituraj Singh, and Vivek Mushran
Tanie Brar, 27, is introduced in the first episode of the series as she spends her weekend with her uninteresting boss in a pub purely for the free alcohol, not because she has a going life. But things change when she encounters her ex-best buddy Sumer Singh Dhillon there.
9- Taj Mahal 1989
OTT platform: Netflix
IMDb rating: 7.5/10
Star Cast: Anud Singh Dhaka, Geetanjali Kulkarni, Paras Pridarshan, Anshul Chauhan
A period before the Internet, when finding love was challenging but maintaining it was even harder. A long-lost friend and his lover, a schoolgirl in love with an older male, a couple of professors at Lucknow University, and their pupils are all followed in Taj Mahal 1989.
Taj Mahal is one of Netflix’s best Hindi series in and gained all praises for its story and performance of star cast.
10- Bandish Bandits
OTT platform: Amazon Prime Video
IMDb rating: 8.8/10
Star Cast: Shreya Chaudhary, Ritwik Bhowmik, Amit Mistry, Sheeba Chaddha
In Bandish Bandits, Radhe, a classical music prodigy in Jodhpur, and Tamanna, a pop sensation, are described as falling in love. Pandit Radhemohan Rathod, Radhe’s grandpa, is a well-known performer, a rigorous enforcer, and a firm believer that neither filthy money nor light music should pollute the integrity of music.
11- Hiccups and Hookups
OTT platform: Amazon Prime
IMDb rating: 8.9/10
Star Cast: Lara Dutta,Shinnova, Ayn Zoya, Meera Chopra, Neha Mahajan, Saurabh Sharma, Ankita Mitha
A sweet, unusual family of three, consisting of a recently divorced single mother, her younger, commitment-phobic brother, and her intelligent but perplexed teenage daughter, do their best to navigate dating, relationships, and everyday life.
12- Yeh Meri Family
OTT platform: Amazon Prime Video
IMDb rating: 9.3/10
Star Cast: Akarsh Khurana, Mona Singh, Saurabh Khurana, Brij Bhushan Shukla, Abhay Pannu, Nishaad Javeri
A rebellious 12-year-old Indian boy named Harshu is maturing by exploring and comprehending the intricacies of relationships in a middle-class home. Every episode shows Harshu, whose voiceover breaches the fourth wall, coming to terms with a certain connection, whether it’s with his parents, siblings, friends, or Vidhya, his high school crush. In the epilogue, he understands the value of the entire family.
13- Cheesecake
OTT platform: MX player
IMDb rating: 8.4/10
Cast: Aakanksha Thakur, Shubhash Ahuja, Jitendra Kumar, Devika Vatsa, Naresh Gosain
The central theme of Cheesecake is how a pet’s unwavering devotion plays a key role in bringing a couple- Neel and Sameer, who generally squabble all the time, together and assisting them in finding happiness in one another’s company.
14- Mismatched
OTT Platform: Netflix
IMDb rating: 5.8/10
Star Cast: Prajakta Koli, Rohit Saraf, Ranvijay Singh Singha, Vidya Malvade, Sanjay Sarathi, Vihaan Samat
Produced by Ronnie Screwvala’s RSVP Movies, the coming-of-age romantic web series made its debut in November 2020. It is based on Sandhya Menon’s 2017 novel When Dimple Met Rishi.
It is written by Gazal Dhaliwal and directed by Akarsh Khurana and Nipun Dharmadhikari. The film received a mixed response from the audience, with critics praising the chemistry between Koli and Saraf. The second season premiered on October 14, 2022.
15- Flames
OTT Platform: MX Player/ YouTube (Seasons 1 & 2), Amazon Prime Video (Season 3)
IMDb rating: 8.9/10
Star Cast: Ritvik Sahore, Tanya Maniktala
The TVF Original series is set in a tuition centre in West Delhi and follows two teenagers, Rajat and Ishita, who fall in love while simultaneously preparing for their exams. The series made its debut in 2018 and returned with a second season in October 2019. Following the success of its previous seasons, Flames return with season 2 on Amazon Prime Video.
16- Soulmates
OTT Platform: Zee5
IMDb rating: 8.6/10
Star Cast: Priyanshu Painyuli, Anshul Chauhan
Directed and written by Tarun, along with Maxwel Chhetry and Saurabh Swamy, the series revolves around the two ex-schoolmates who bump into each other while on a trip to Shillong. The two met unexpectedly and got closer to each other. They might or might not fall in love, but their whole journey gives off a full romantic vibe.
17- It Happened in Hong Kong
OTT Platform: Voot Select
IMDb rating: 7.2/10
Star Cast: Aahana Kumra, Amol Parashar
The mini-series explores the small, big moments you experience when you travel and meet some strangers midway. It is directed by Lakshya Raj Anand and has four episodes of 15 minutes each. What happened when Aahana and Amol, who were on a solo trip, ended up meeting each other and taking part in a beautiful journey.
18- Little Things
OTT Platform:
IMDb rating: Netflix
Star Cast: Mithila Palkar, Dhruv Sehgal
Created by Dhruv Sehgal, the series made its debut on the official YouTube channel of Dice Media in October 2016. Later, Netflix purchased it, and its second and third seasons premiered in October 2018 and November 2019, respectively.
Directed by Ajay Bhuyan and Ruchir Arun, the series revolves around a couple, Kavya Kulkarni and Dhruv Vats, who live in a relationship in Mumbai. The series is originally in English, with a few slangs in Hindi.
19- Roohaniyat
OTT Platform: MX Players
IMDb rating: 8.8/10
Star Cast: Arun Bijlani, Kanika Mann
The MX Players Original is based on the Forever Series by Novoneel Chakraborty with an additional storyline written by Shilpa Choubey and Sushil Choubey. The series made its debut on March 23, 2022, and the second season began on July 22, 2022. The series follows Saveer Rathod and Prisha Srivastava, who are complete strangers with different pasts and end up falling in love with each other.
20- Baarish
OTT Platform: ALT Balaji, Zee TV
IMDb rating: 7.9/10
Star Cast: Sharman Joshi, Asha Negi
Created by Ekta Kapoor and directed by Nandita Mehra, the series revolves around a millionaire Gujarati businessman named Anuj and a Marathi girl named Gauravi, who are two strangers hailing from completely different backgrounds. The series made its debut in April 2019 and returned with a second season in May 2020.
FAQs
A. Broken But Beautiful, College Romance and Permanent Roommates are some popular romantic web-series in Hindi.
A. There are three seasons in the”Broken But Beautiful” web series.
A. Three seasons consisting of a total of 15 episodes of College Romance have premiered so far.
