New Delhi, March 12 -- In 1920s British-ruled India, scheming courtesans deftly navigate their way through a world of power, love and influence. Meanwhile, in the present day, an engineering graduate ends up working in the panchayat office of a remote village in a comic turn. A mafia don in the badlands of western Uttar Pradesh comes back from death's door to resume his bloody rivalry with a young upstart. Going back in time again, a detailed period drama gives audiences an intimate peek into the lives of renowned scientists Homi Bhabha and Vikram Sarabhai.

Leaning heavily on fiction and biopics, streaming platforms such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and SonyLIV have been keeping audiences hooked with original shows, which have grabbed ...