The onset of the pandemic left us adapting to the new normal – a year filled with curfews, self-quarantine and social distancing. But though you have been locked down at property, the super app of entertainment, MX Player produced confident you weren’t alone.
At a time when the complete planet was craving entertainment, MX Player launched a plethora of shows ranging across genres like drama, comedy, thrillers, crime and a musical reality series that catered to a wide palette and helped make 2020 a lot more bearable!
In case your OTT watch list is in will need of reinforcements, or if you happen to be in a mood to re-stream some of your preferred shows, the platform has place collectively the MX Playback 2020 watchlist.
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Tune in to see this list of award-winning shows that set a new benchmark of viewership this year, exclusively on MX Player.
Aashram
Touted to be the most significant OTT entertainment series for this year – Aashram, directed by Prakash Jha stars Bobby Deol as Kashipur Waale Baba Nirala, a sinister godman who is convinced of his personal divinity and is revered by his followers and devotees. His immoral intentions, his insatiable will need for energy, lust and greed tends to make him a complex character who portrays shades darker than what anybody could have envisioned. Aashram Part 1 released in August, and the second chapter premiered on MX Player in November. Aaditi Pohankar, Darshan Kumar, Chandan Roy Sanyal, Adhyayan Suman, Anupriya Goenka and Tushar Pandey also play important roles in the show.
Times of Music
Having lately won the Filmfare OTT Award for the Best Unscripted (non-fiction) Original (series / particular) category, this show can undoubtedly be watched more than and more than once more! A 1-of-its-sort music reality / chat show, Times of Music brings collectively 20 legendary composers who rewrite history and reinvent every single other’s most celebrated tunes. The music on the show left us loving the recreations as considerably as we did the originals. Each episode sees two composers of distinct eras soak in the philosophy behind the other’s celebrated song, and presenting it in his personal way to build a fabulous new rendition. The show sees extraordinary names such as Vishal & Shekhar – Bappi Lahiri, Salim – Sulaiman & Pyarelalji, Sachin – Jigar & Euphoria, Shantanu Moitra – Amaal Mallik, Amit Trivedi – Agnee, Viju Shah – Mithoon, Rajesh Roshan – Himesh Reshammiya, Anand – Milind Sajid – Wajid, Ajay – Atul & Kalyanji – Anandji, and Indian Ocean – Sneha Khanwalkar.
High
Another show that gave us respite through the peak lockdown, higher traces the life of Shiv Mathur who is an addict struggling to get a grip on life and sooner or later finds himself in a rehab facility that is run by Doctor Roy and two other junior physicians who are working on a mysterious compound. The existence and sampling of this pill creates disorder in the illegal drugs marketplace and pharmaceutical business. The 9 episodic series is directed by acclaimed ad film maker Nikhil Rao and also stars highly effective actors like Ranvir Shorey, Shweta Basu Prasad, Nakul Bhalla, Prakash Belawadi, Mrinmayee Godbole, Kunal Naik, Mantra and Madhur Mittal in important roles.
Raktanchal
A higher octane, action packed crime drama inspired by genuine events from the 80s of Purvanchal, Uttar Pradesh – the show requires us via a surreal journey of the brutality set in the Hindi heartland of India. Set in a time when the state improvement work was distributed via tenders, this 9-episodic series introduces audiences to the never ever explored planet of thekedari. The series is directed by Ritam Shrivastav, and in addition stars Vikram Kochhar, Pramod Pathak, Chitranjan Tripathi, Soundarya Sharma, Ronjini Chakraborty, Basu Soni and Krishna Bisht in pivotal roles.
Ek thi begum
A revenge drama directed by Sachin Darekar which sees Anuja Sathe play the part of Ashraf aka Sapna. Based on accurate incidents, the series is set in the 1980s in Mumbai, a time when organized crime was at its peak. ‘Ek thi Begum’ chronicles the life of a wonderful, gutsy lady whose life changed when the region significant don Maqsood (Ajay Gehi) turned accountable for the death of her husband Zaheer (Ankit Mohan).
Pawan & Pooja
This connection drama explores the lives of 3 couples – all coincidentally named Pawan and Pooja, who, at distinct stages of their lives learn that their enjoy is certainly conditional, breakable and questionable. Bound by trust and now in their 60’s – Pawan and Pooja Kalra (Deepti Naval and Mahesh Manjrekar) determine to make a Regret List and mark off all that they could not in their young age. Battling a stagnant marriage in their 40’s, Pawan (Sharman Joshi) and Pooja Mehra (Gul Panag) have loved none other but every single other, nevertheless – that enjoy is no longer the exact same. In their 20s’s, Pawan Srivastav (Taaruk Raina) and Pooja Maheshwari (Natasha Bharadwaj) enjoy their on the net pals and the virtual planet above themselves but for how lengthy? These complicated relationships and their even more complicated feelings are all brought alive in this 10-episodic series examines the complexities of the 1 emotion that connects us all: Appreciate.
Samantar
A breakthrough in the planet of Marathi internet series, Samantar traces the journey of Kumar Mahajan, whose life modifications when he hears that a man referred to as Sudarshan Chakrapani’s previous will be his future. Kumar is a frequent man at a juncture exactly where definitely nothing at all is going ideal. He cannot meet his family’s requires, he is fired from his job and even the smallest issues appear to be going astray and only 1 man can now support him know his future – Sudarshan Chakrapani. Samantar is a 9 episodic series starring Swwapnil Joshi and is directed by the considerably-admired director Satish Rajwade.
Bhaukaal
Inspired by the life of IPS Officer Navniet Sekera, Bhaukaal is set in Muzaffarnagar in 2003. The series tells the tale of how a courageous officer goes on a clean-up drive to punish criminals, battles regional influential personalities and re-establishes the faith of the frequent man in the law. It is directed by Jatin Wagle and stars Mohit Raina, Abhimanyu Singh, Siddhanth Kapoor, Bidita Bag, Sunny Hinduja, Rashmi Rajput, Pradeep Nagar and Gulki Joshi in pivotal roles.
Dangerous
One kidnapping, various suspects, and motives galore – a quest starts to resolve the most unsafe mystery of the season when wealthy entrepreneur Aditya Dhanraj (Karan Singh Grover) finds himself face to face with ex-lover Neha Singh (Bipasha Basu) once more in the case of Dia Dhanraj, Aditya Dhanraj’s missing wife. Directed by Bhushan Patel and created by Mika Singh & Vikram Bhatt, this MX exclusive is a slick thriller complete of betrayal, enjoy, affairs, passion, deception, and rivalry.
And that is not all, you can watch on this and more on MX Player for absolutely free!