OTT Crime Queens: Get ready for a thrilling ride with “OTT’s Crime Queens: 6 Must-See Thrillers Before Dabba Cartel.” This curated list features the best crime dramas available on OTT platforms, showcasing powerful female leads and gripping storylines. Dive into these intense shows before the much-awaited “Dabba Cartel” release! Here are OTT Crime Queens for you.
‘Dabba Cartel’ is directed by Harish Bhatia. This is the story of five women who run a dabba service. It is not just a food delivery service, but a cartel where drugs and illegal business were going on under the guise of tiffin. Shabana Azmi will be seen expanding the world of crime in the main lead. Actors like Shabana Azmi, Jyotika, Shalini Pandey, Gajraj Rao, Nimisha Sajayan, Lilit Dubey, and Anjali Anand have worked in the lead roles.
‘Its creator and director is Abhishek Chaubey, it is a black comedy crime thriller that came in January 2024. Its lead character is Konkana Sen and Manoj Bajpayee has a double role in it. In a fictitious hill station in Tamil Nadu, Swathi is an ambitious but talentless nurse-turned-home chef. Plots to replace her husband Prabhakar Shetty with her lover and Prabhakar’s slant-eyed lookalike Umesh Pillai.
Mai, another women’s crime series from Netflix, stars Sakshi Tanwar in the lead role with Vamika Gabbi playing her daughter. In the story, Sheel Choudhary, a middle-class mother and nurse working at Geeta Bhavan, an old age home, witnesses the death of her daughter Supriya by a speeding truck. When she learns that her daughter’s death was not an accident but a case of premeditated murder, she commits a crime to get justice for her daughter.
‘Human’ is a medical suspense thriller that came in 2022, it stars Shefali Shah in the lead role. The story portrays the world of human drug trials and medical scams in depth and aims to expose the nexus between pharmaceutical companies, big private hospitals and government officials who exploit the poor in human trials for new drugs.
The first season started in 2020 featuring Sushmita Sen in the series ‘Arya’. The story of Arya revolves around Arya Sareen, who is a caring mother and a loving wife and is unaware of the illegal business her husband is a part of. After the death of her husband, Arya joins the drug gang.