India's most-watched OTT series, with 8 episodes, has no superstar, garnered 27.7 million views, IMDb rating is 7.6; It's not Panchayat, Aashram, Squid Game
Here's the record-breaking series that everyone's talking about. It has garnered over 27.7 million (2.77 crore) views and the IMDb rating is 7.6 out of 10. According to the list of top 50 streaming originals in India, Pankaj Tripathi's ' Criminal Justice Season 4 ' has become the most-watched original show of 2025. Ormax Media has announced the list of top 50 streaming shows, which includes only content that is released directly on OTT platforms and does not have any licenses or dubbed titles.
Criminal Justice Season 4: A Family Matter is currently streaming on JioCinema (formerly Hotstar) and has surpassed several other popular original shows. It outperformed Bobby Deol's Ek Badnaam Aashram Season 3 Part 2, which took the second spot with 2.71 crore views. In third place was Panchayat Season 4 , starring Jitendra Kumar and Neena Gupta, with 2.38 crore views. Other web series like Jaideep Ahlawat's Paatal Lok on Amazon Prime Video and Netflix's Squid Game Season 3 claimed the fourth and fifth spots with 16.8 million and 16.5 million views, respectively.
Where can you watch 'Criminal Justice: The Family Drama'?
The fourth season of 'Criminal Justice: The Family Drama' was released on Jio Hotstar in May with just three episodes and has been entertaining the audience every week. The Pankaj Tripathi-starrer courtroom drama, produced by Applause Entertainment and BBC Studios India, also stars Mohammad Zeeshan Ayyub, Shweta Basu Prasad, Asha Negi, Surveen Chawla, Meeta Vashisht, Barkha Singh and Khushboo Atre in pivotal roles.
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