Web series on OTT platforms have become the top source of entertainment giving the commercial movies a tough competition. Whether it is the array of tremendously talented actors to intriguing and fresh script and screenplay, web series have gained a lot of momentum across the globe.
We bring you the top web series with a high production budget that could leave many mainstream movies behind.
1. Sacred Games
Sacred Games can be easily termed as the most popular Indian web series to date. The series garnered a lot of appreciation from acting to the storyline to cinematography. Released on Netflix, the series has 2 parts and both were appreciated highly. It was a Phantom production with a production budget of more than 25-40 crores for season one and over 100 crores for season two.
2. Inside Edge
Created by Karan Anshuman, Inside Edge is an Indian sports-drama web television series that was released on Prime Video 10 July 2017. It is the first Hindi-language series distributed by Amazon Prime Originals. The series had 2 seasons and 16 episodes in total which were budgeted at 2 crores per episode. Along with the marketing budget, the overall production budget amounted to over Rs 45 crores.
3. Breathe
Breathe is an Amazon web series that starred R Madhvan in the first season and the second season starring Abhishek Bachchan will premiere on 10 Jul’20.
The marketing budget for the first season was around Rs 20 crores and the coming season has been allotted an additional Rs 20 crores for its marketing and promotions.
4. Paatal Lok
Premiered on Amazon Prime Video on 15 May’20, Pataal Lok has garnered a lot of popularity and appreciation. The web series was produced with an estimated budget of Rs 20 crores and had an additional Rs 3 Crores for marketing and promotion.
