These are the 5 New Indian Series that you can watch in October 2025. Please note that these Indian series come from different corners of India. Moreover, these belong to diverse kinds of series genres. And they have made it to our Focus Magazine monthly watchlist. So, go ahead and mark them in your own list.
Although this show was released on September 26, 2025, we started watching it yesterday. So, we are including it in our October 2025 watchlist.
As SI Hemant Kumar explores a missing person's case in the jungle town of Chhattisgarh, he is determined to solve it. Trouble follows when that leads to a string of bodies and a likely serial killer.
Janaawar – The Beast Within | Official Trailer | Bhuvan Arora | A ZEE5 Original.
Genre
Action, Crime
Season
First (1st) Season
Episodes
Seven (7) Episodes
Main Cast
Bhuvan Arora (Sub Inspector/SI Hemant Kumar), Atul Kale (Inspector Dayanand Kosle), Vaibhav Yashvir (ASI Balwant Pandey), Deeksha Sonalkar (Garima Hemant Kumar), Badrul Islam (Kailash), Amit Sharma (Constable Bichindra Thakur), etc.
Network
ZEE5
Read the FM Series Review of the Janaawar – The Beast Within (Season 1/India/2025) Show in our Focus Magazine.
13th: Some Lessons Aren’t Taught In Classrooms (Hindi)
13th tells the story of Ritesh, a successful venture capitalist who reunites with his maverick IIT-JEE mentor, Mohit Tyagi Sir, to help scale his visionary educational institute. The series unfolds against the backdrop of India's most gruelling academic competition and a startup culture fixated on valuations. At its heart, 13th is a deeply nostalgic, human story of a master and his pupil-bound by ambition, respect, and the lessons that shape a lifetime.
13th | Sony LIV Original | Trailer | Gagan Dev Riar, Paresh Pahuja |Streaming from 1st Oct|Sony LIV.
Told through unique perspectives over 18 days of war, this animated series depicts the epic battle of Kurukshetra between the Pandavas and the Kauravas.
Kurukshetra | Official Trailer | Netflix India.
Genre
Action, Adventure, Animation, Drama, Epic
Season
First (1st) Season
Episodes
Nine (9) Episodes
Main Cast (Voice Artists)
Vinod Sharma, Sahil Vaid, Saumya Daan, Annamaya Verma, etc.
Network
Netflix
The Game: You Never Play Alone (Tamil)
A career-driven game developer fights back against misogynistic expectations after she becomes the target of brutal attacks online and in real life.
The Game: You Never Play Alone | Official Trailer | Shraddha Srinath, Santhosh Prathap | Netflix India.
A veteran cop gets mired in a high-profile murder case when a girl is found dead in a politician's car. With multiple suspects, how will she unmask the killer?
We have learned that this Hindi show is based on the famous Danish Nordic show, The Killing (Forbrydelsen) Series.
Search: The Naina Murder Case | Trailer | Konkana Sen | Oct 10 | JioHotstar.
Genre
Crime, Thriller, Mystery, Procedural Cop Drama
Season
First (1st) Season
Episodes
Six (6) Episodes
Main Cast
Konkona Sen Sharma (ACP Sanyukta Das), Surya Sharma (ACP Jai Kanwal), Abhishek Bhalerao (Constable Sunil Singh), Shraddha Das, Govind Namdeo, Iravati Harshe, Dhruv Sehgal, Shiv Panditt, Varun Thakur, etc.
Network
JioHotstar
Lastly, before we conclude this article, also keep an eye on the “Two Much with Kajol & Twinkle” (Hindi/Talk Show) on Prime Video, which started airing recently. We hope that you all will like and appreciate the watchlist of the 5 New Indian Series in October 2025 shared by our FM team.
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