written by dr biswa prasun chatterjibeing from the older generation i am quite new to web series i never watched web series despite them flooding the entertainment industry from 2018 i always liked the traditional movie format of storytelling however the web series is nothing new it is old wine in a new bottle earlier there used to be television serials that converted from weekly to daily while televising serials the audience used to wait for what will happen to the story next week or the next day that is how in india serials began but there is a difference between those serials and the current web series the lack of censorship by local government and availability of the series 24 hours x 365 days on the web make it an appealing pattern of storytelling with a wide reach with merely rs 199 a month and a highspeed internet web series give you a taste of the entertainment worldsome day or the other the government of india will impose restrictions and censorship on the ott platform for sure before that let me summarise a few web series and how they have changed the storytelling and how they cater to the vast and diverse indian audiencemade in heaven this web series on amazon by zoya akhtars group has made a fresh take on the indian marriage system it dealt with the cause of homosexuality with sensitivity and displayed the flaws in the arranged marriage system the problems of dowry intercaste marriage marriage at old age and lack of faith and loyalty in the upper class everything was made with finesse arjun mathur the homosexual man in this web series received an emmy nomination for best actor in 2020 the tenderness between this gay man and shobhita dhulipala the gorgeous central female character made me touched i particularly liked when she brought all her jewellery to rescue their business and the tight hug she gave to arjun in the end put my trust back in manwoman friendship without an iota of romantic lovedelhi crime based on the infamous nirbhaya rape case of 2012 that shook the country this web series already received an emmy award in 2020 thus fetching india worldclass fame i am a big fan of shefali shah who spearheaded the team to nab the criminals her laughs and cries her relationship with male subordinates her angst her relation with her own daughter in the aftermath of this ghastly crime against women were touching the entire show belonged to her this also showed despite violent crimes against women a woman is only leading the police to catch the criminals which bring complete trust in the system we belong to rasika dugal and rajesh tailang acted brilliantly4 more shots 1 2 this is a femalecentric series but as a man i liked the spunk and candour of the 4 female characters the city of mumbai became a character in the series pubs and restaurants of mumbai in full glory were displayed