After a long, tiring, and, busy day, all you want to do is rest and watch something to lighten the load on your shoulders. What better than our very own Indian and super relatable comedy web series that are available in a range of places, from Amazon Prime to Netflix? We have collated a list of the best Indian comedy web series that will get you ROFL!
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1. Panchayat
A comedy-drama that follows Abhishek, an engineering graduate who, due to a lack of better career opportunities, accepts a position as secretary of a Panchayat office in a distant village in Uttar Pradesh.
2. Kota Factory
‘Kota Factory,’ TVF’s latest original, is dedicated to Shrimati SL Loney ji, Shri Irodov ji, and Maanniya HC Verma ji. The first ‘Black and White’ presentation in India emphasises the issues that IIT-JEE hopefuls confront in their daily life.
3. Home Shanti
A middle-class family wishes to construct a home that reflects their actual feelings. However, it follows it up and down, and all of the problems appear in the line.
4. Pushpavalli
Pushpavalli failed to understand restraint, boundaries, and animal rights in the first season. Pushpavalli’s innocent crush on charming Bhindi exporter Nikhil Rao became an obsession. Pushpavalli set herself up to be humiliated and screamed at by everyone around her, from kidnapping Nikhil’s puppy to injuring her leg to garner his attention. Pankaj, her boss and childhood friend, encouraged her to return home to Bhopal, hurt and distressed. Did she? No. Instead, she put surveillance cameras at Nikhil’s home.
5. What The Folks
‘What The Folks’ is a story about how modern families are defying stereotypes, bridging generation gaps, and learning to love one another while having vastly different worldviews. Once you watch it, you will understand why this was added to our list of the best indian comedy web series!
6. College Romance
While attending college together, three best friends looking for love, fun, and some lifelong experiences. The amount of fun you have while watching this warrants it being on this list of the best Indian comedy web series!
7. Hostel Daze
‘Hostel Daze’ depicts what happens inside an engineering hostel in India through the adventures of four buddies. It stars Adarsh Gourav, Luv, Shubham Gaur, Nikhil Vijay andAhsaas Channain lead roles.
8. Tripling
Divorced, unemployed, and hopeless. A road trip is planned by three siblings. Chitvan, Chandan, and Chanchal They embark on a funny adventure to discover themselves and their relationships.
9. Gullak
Gullak is a compilation of disarming and sympathetic tales of the Mishra family set amid charming by-lanes in the heart of India. The series follows the Mishra family, which includes Santosh and Shanti Mishra, as well as their kids Anand “Annu” Mishra and Aman Mishra, and stars Jameel Khan, Geetanjali Kulkarni, Vaibhav Raj Gupta, and Harsh Mayar in the key characters, with Sunita Rajwar as their neighbour.
10. Pitchers
Naveen Bansal, Jitendra “Jitu” Maheshwari, Yogendra “Yogi” Kumar, and Saurabh Mandal, four buddies, enter the corporate world by starting their own company. Naveen becomes enraged after not receiving an assignment from his employer, gets drunk, and resigns. When he is given a position in a Beijing branch office, he is faced with a decision.
11. Bang Baaja Baaraat
Two people from extremely different backgrounds fall in love and desire to marry, but only with the permission of their parents. Three days before the wedding, they meet with their respective parents and everything goes crazy.
12. Humorously Yours
The show covers the life of stand-up comedian Vipul Goyal. “The drama beneath the comedy,” as the tagline puts it.
13. Permanent Roommates
Permanent Roommates tells the story of Tanya, who is apprehensive of commitment, and Mikesh, her overeager long-distance boyfriend who returns to India from the United States to surprise Tanya and propose to her. Tanya refuses to marry Mikesh, despite the advise of her roommate and her own apprehensions about marrying someone she hardly knows. They eventually come to an agreement and decide to live together first. The events that follow—a fallout, reconciliation, and Tanya’s premarital pregnancy—lead to the two of them organising their wedding, which has unintended repercussions.
14. ImMature
A 5-episode coming-of-age story about a young man’s various first adventures. Dhruv is 16 years old and eager to mature. Dhruv sets out to woo his first crush, the feisty, out-of-his-league class topper Chhavi, with a little help from his school mates, the wannabe bad-boy Kabir and the colour-blind but doesn’t know it, Susu. In their final years of high school, the trio discovers their first drink, picks their first fight, and mends their first wounded heart.
15. Baked
Three old college classmates get together for a road trip to the hills, and each has a hidden goal. Nothing goes according to plan for the boys, from being lost in rural India to being suspected as drug traffickers and being jailed.
16. Pop Kaun
Directed by Farhad Samji, Pop Kaun is a comedy web series starring Kunal Khemmu, Nupur Sanon, Jamie Lever, Chunky Panday and Rajpal Yadav. The show is a light-hearted watch, one that you don’t need to apply your brain to and is something that will remind you of classic Indian comedy. The best part about the show is that it is silly and contains family-friendly jokes, perfect for when you want to spend some quality time with your family.
17. Save the tigers
A Telugu comedy web series, Save the Tigers tells the tale of 3 married couples and their struggles dealing with marriage. The show especially focuses on the men played by Priyadarshi, Abhinav Gomatam, and Chaitanya Krishna who have done an excellent job at enhancing the humour in the show with their frustrated rants. The show is short and engaging and is a perfect watch for the weekend.
18. Metro park
Metro Park is a web series from the era of the onset of the web series. It is one of the first web series to have diverted the attention of Indian viewers to content on the internet. Starring Vega Tamotiaa, Omi Vaidya, Purbi Joshi and Ranbir Shorey, the show’s plot is a highlight reel of comedy as a couple from New York move to Metro Park with their Indian family and adjusts to a life of little to no privacy.
19. Chacha Vidhayak hain humare
A more polite and subtle version of TU JANTA NAHI MERA BAAP KAUN HAI… With one of the best comic geniuses in India, Zakir Khan, this show continues to remain a comedy classic among millions. It revolves around Ronny and the series of lies he weaves that eventually land him in trouble. Zakir Khan as usual with his comic timing has carried the show. Both seasons of this were a hit, giving the audiences heavy doses of fun and entertainment.
20. Life sahi hai
A Luv Ranjan production dating back to 2016, Life Sahi Hai is a coming-of-age comedy web series that perfectly encapsulates the essence of the 2010s. Starring young Siddhant Chaturvedi, Sohail Nayyar, Tarun Jain and Abhishek Saha, the show delves into the lives of youngsters as they navigate through corporate slavery. It portrays the life of a bachelor in an immaculate way reminding you of the times you must have spent enjoying/struggling with your flatmates.
21. Man’s world
Are you someone who believes that men are treated unfairly in society? Well, this show is exactly for you then. When Kiran gets fed up with watching women gain leverage in everyday life he prays for roles to be reversed. The results are quite shocking, making us realize that the grass is always greener on the other side. Although a funny and light-hearted series, if watched intently Man’s World is a real eye-opener that helps us understand the world that we truly live in and how it affects people differently.
22. The Office
The Hindi remake of the American sitcom The Office, this show actually took viewers by surprise. The American sitcom was a huge hit all over the world making a quick and persistent entry into pop culture. When the release of a Hindi remake was announced, the audiences dismissed it hastily. However, the show won hearts. There honestly needs to be no comparison between the two shows as they target different audiences. The Office India was made keeping in mind the Indian demographic and it was successful at doing so! The realistic portrayal of the office culture in India mixed with the original theme gave us an entertaining show that could be watched by all age groups.
One of the best nostalgia-inducing shows, it is a must-watch for all of us (especially for all the millennials!). The show has recently introduced its second season about a family of 5 people- living and balancing a life when technology was just blooming. The show revolves around the life of a family that lives in the ’90s era when analog was in fashion, cassettes were cool, and no one could do without cable TV. The second season is about the Awasthi family trying to catch up with the growing privacy demand of their elder teenage daughter while also taking care of their old mother and younger daughter.
24. Flames
Flames is a rom-com teenage drama that tells the story of two teenagers living and attending tuitions for 12th standard exams. A sweet and budding coaching class love story that everyone can relate to and think about their first crush! The show revolves around the love story of Ish*ta and Rajat and how they navigate school, careers, studies, love, and new friendships. This feel-good show is light-hearted, comic, as well as emotional at times. It has got a very high rating of 9.5 on IMDb and is best to watch on a weekend and improve your mood.
25. Hostel Daze
It is a comedy-drama about a group of engineering students and their hostel life. The show has some memorable characters such as Jhantoo, Ankit, Akanksha, Rupesh, and Chirag among others- these have become fan-favorite! The show has received an 8.5 rating on IMDb and has had 4 successful seasons- all extremely hilarious and memorable. If you have ever spent your college days living in a hostel – this is one of the best shows to watch!
26. Happy Family Conditions Apply
This comedy family drama is about the Gujarati Dholakia family which consists of four generations of the family living under one roof. Their relationships, and other ups and downs of life that they navigate together- it is hilarious and interesting. Apart from the comic punchlines and interesting chemistry between characters- the show’s specialty is its star cast which includes names like Ratna Pathak Shah, Raj Babbar, Atul Kulkarni, and Ayesha Jhulka among others. If you want to watch some fresh family drama with comic relief- this one is for you!
This was our list of the best Indian comedy web series that will give you an absolute laugh riot. Do you think we missed out on something? Let us know in the comment section!
