The 5 Most Viewed Streaming Shows And Movies Of The Week

Streaming platforms are notorious for their lack of transparency, allowing them to quote numbers that are tough to verify. Ormax Media, a media consulting firm, has began tracking viewership figures of the top releases across major platforms.

Here’s a list of the most-viewed shows and movies from the Indian streaming space during the week of March 1st, 2021 – March 7th, 2021. The numbers are all estimates based only within India.

1) 1962: The War In The Hills – Disney+Hostar

Views (Million): 6.6

The 10-part show follows the backstory of soldiers who fought in the 1962 Sino-Indian War under Major Suraj Singh played by Abhay Deol. The cast also includes Sumeet Vyas, Akash Thosar, Mahie Gill, Meiyang Chang

Also Read: Review of 1962: The War In The Hills

2) Hello Mini 2 – MX Player

Views (Million): 3.0

This horror-meets-sex story of Mini being haunted by a stranger named Stranger spirals into a murder investigation.

3) The Legend Of Hanuman – Disney+Hotstar

Views (Million): 2.3

This is a 13 episode Indian animated mythological fantasy following Hanuman in world of motley characters, with lost cities, forest beings, rivalries, alliances, and wars. It is streaming in 7 languages.

4) Dev DD Season 2 – ALT Balaji and Zee5

Views (Million): 1.7

A reverse Devdas where the Devdas character is a female stuck between two men, this is the second season of a show that attempts to infuse this tale with the irreverent feminist and striking homosexuality of ALT features.

5) The Girl On The Train – Netflix

Views (Million): 1.5

An adaptation of the Paula Hawkin’s thriller of the same name this film stars Parineeti Chopra, an unreliable narrator of her own life. It also stars Aditi Rao Hydari, Kirti Kulhari and Avinash Tiwari.