From undercover missions and political conspiracies to cyberwarfare and terror threats, Hindi spy web shows offer gripping stories packed with suspense. This list brings together some of the best Indian espionage series available on Netflix, Prime Video, JioHotstar and SonyLIV.
9 Best Hindi Spy Web Shows
1. The Family Man (3 Seasons) – Prime Video
Srikant Tiwari appears to be an ordinary middle-class husband and father, but secretly works as an intelligence officer for a special government unit. Across three seasons, he tackles terror plots, rebel networks, hidden agents and dangerous conspiracies while struggling to protect his increasingly troubled family life. The third season turns his mission deeply personal when an assassination leads him towards a plan that could push India into war.
2. The Night Manager – JioHotstar
Shaan Sengupta, the night manager of a luxury hotel in Dhaka, becomes involved in the dangerous world of powerful arms dealer Shailendra “Shelly” Rungta. He is recruited for an undercover operation and slowly earns Shelly’s trust while secretly gathering evidence against him. As Shaan enters deeper into the criminal empire, romance, betrayal and divided loyalties place both his mission and his life at risk.
3. Special Ops (2 Seasons) – JioHotstar
R&AW officer Himmat Singh forms a secret team of agents to hunt the mastermind he believes is responsible for several terror attacks against India. After a long international manhunt in the first season, the second season introduces a new kind of threat when an AI scientist is kidnapped and a senior intelligence officer is killed. Himmat and his team must enter the world of cyberwarfare to stop an enemy capable of damaging India without fighting a traditional war.
4. Saare Jahan Se Accha – Netflix
Set during the tense nuclear race of the 1970s, the series follows Indian intelligence officer Vishnu Shankar as he enters Pakistan on a highly sensitive mission. His goal is to outsmart a skilled rival agent and prevent Pakistan’s secret nuclear programme from succeeding. With every move being watched, Vishnu must depend on deception, patience and careful spycraft to complete a mission that could change the balance of power in the region.
5. Bard of Blood – Netflix
Former Indian spy Kabir Anand is pulled back into the field years after a failed mission in Balochistan destroyed his career. When four Indian intelligence officers are captured, he joins two unlikely agents on an unauthorised operation to rescue them. Returning to Balochistan forces Kabir to confront old enemies, painful memories and unfinished relationships while trying to prevent an even greater threat.
6. CAT – Netflix
Gurnaam Singh is a former police informant living quietly under a new identity until his younger brother is arrested in a drug case. To save him, Gurnaam agrees to go undercover again and infiltrate a powerful drug empire operating across Punjab. His mission soon uncovers connections to the violence of his own past, pulling him into a dangerous network of gangsters, police officers and political leaders.
7. Tanaav – 2 Seasons – SonyLIV
Former Special Task Group officer Kabir is brought back into action after discovering that terrorist Umar Riaz, whom he believed he had killed, is still alive. The first season follows Kabir’s team as they try to capture Umar while their mission creates heavy personal and professional losses. In the second season, an attack on Kabir’s father and the rise of a new enemy seeking to spread ISIS influence in Kashmir force him to rejoin the unit for another deadly battle.
8. Salakaar – JioHotstar
An undercover Indian agent discovers a dangerous plan involving a nuclear weapon and attempts to stop it before the country faces a major catastrophe. The mission becomes connected to the secret past of veteran spymaster Adhir Dayal, forcing him to revisit an operation that shaped his life decades earlier. Moving between past and present, the series explores how unfinished intelligence missions can return to threaten a new generation.
9. Citadel: Honey Bunny – Prime Video
Struggling actress Honey is recruited by stuntman Bunny for a secret assignment that pulls them into a dangerous world of espionage, action and betrayal. Years later, the former partners are living separately when enemies from their past return to hunt them. Honey and Bunny must reunite and use their old skills to protect their young daughter, Nadia, while confronting the consequences of the mission that changed their lives.
Whether you enjoy undercover operations, political thrillers or action-packed missions, these Hindi spy web shows are worth adding to your watchlist.
