Shows like Kota Factory: 20 to watch next
If you loved Kota Factory (2019) — a comedy and drama series created by Saurabh Khanna and Arunabh Kumar — these 20 shows are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Kota Factory most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like competition, community and workplace. 17 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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The Game 2006★ 7.6
Shares: Drama, Comedy
When her boyfriend Derwin Davis is chosen as the new third-string wide receiver for the San Diego Sabers, Melanie Barnett decides to attend a local college so she can be with him. While Derwin worries about the plays on the field, Melanie adjusts to her new lifestyle. She gets a play-by-play account of the lives and relationships among NFL wives, girlfriends and mom/managers who use their best game to help their men stay on the field and on their arm.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Girls 2012★ 6.4
Shares: Drama, Comedy
The assorted humiliations, disasters and rare triumphs of four very different twenty-something girls: Hannah, an aspiring writer; Marnie, an art gallery assistant and cousins Jessa and Shoshanna.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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The Sex Lives of College Girls 2021★ 7.2
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Follow four college roommates as they arrive at New England's prestigious Essex College. A bundle of contradictions and hormones, these girls are equal parts lovable and infuriating as they live out their new, free lives on campus.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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The Bold Type 2017★ 7.7
Shares: Drama, Comedy
A glimpse into the outrageous lives of Jane, Kat and Sutton, who are working at the nation's top women's magazine, Scarlet, while navigating their careers, identities and individual voices.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Adults 2025★ 6.5
Shares: Comedy
A group of twenty-somethings in New York trying to be good people, despite being neither "good" nor "people" yet.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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House of Lies 2012★ 6.6
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Charming, fast talking Marty Kaan and his crack team of management consultants know how to play the corporate game better than anyone, by using every dirty trick in the book to woo powerful CEOs and close huge deals. In the board rooms, barrooms, and bedrooms of the power elite, corruption is business as usual and everyone's out for themselves first. Nothing is sacred in this scathing, irreverent satire of corporate America today.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, JioHotstar, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Younger 2015★ 6.9
Shares: Drama, Comedy
Liza Miller, a suddenly single stay-at-home mother, tries to get back into the working world, only to find it’s nearly impossible to start at the bottom at 40-year old. When a chance encounter convinces her she looks younger than she is, Liza tries to pass herself off as 26 and lands a job as an assistant at Empirical Press. Now she just has to make sure no one finds out the secret only she and her best friend Maggie share.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Never Have I Ever 2020★ 8.0
Shares: Comedy, Drama
After a traumatic year, all an Indian-American teen wants is to go from pariah to popular -- but friends, family and feeling won't make it easy on her.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Four More Shots Please! 2019★ 5.8
Shares: Drama, Comedy
Four unapologetically flawed women live, love, blunder and discover what really makes them tick through friendship and tequila in millennial Mumbai.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Miracle Workers 2019★ 6.8
Shares: Comedy, Drama
An anthology series in which a colorful blend of outcasts and iconoclasts confront universal issues across various time periods: love, faith, societal norms, and venturing into the unknown.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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grown-ish 2018★ 7.8
Shares: Comedy
Zoey Johnson heads to college and begins her hilarious journey to adulthood but quickly discovers that not everything goes her way once she leaves the nest.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Hostel Daze 2019★ 7.5
Shares: Drama, Comedy
Four naive and vulnerable wing-mates develop lasting bonds as they jostle hard to survive the first semester in a hostel. Peppered with absurdities, chutzpahs, clashes and debacles inherent to hostel life, 'Hostel Daze' depicts the grill that every Indian hostel-resident goes through.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Amazon MX Player
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And Just Like That… 2021★ 7.2
Shares: Comedy, Drama
This new chapter of “Sex and the City” follows Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte as they navigate the journey from the complicated reality of life and friendship in their 30s to the even more complicated reality of life and friendship in their 50s.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Togetherness 2015★ 6.8
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Four adults nearing 40, living under the same roof, struggle to keep their relationships and their individual dreams alive.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Sex and the City 1998★ 7.3
Shares: Drama, Comedy
Based on the bestselling book by Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City tells the story of four best friends, all single and in their late thirties, as they pursue their careers and talk about their sex lives, all while trying to survive the New York social scene.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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A Different World 2026★ 7.5
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Deborah Wayne enters her freshman year at her parents' HBCU alma mater and finds their shadow difficult to escape. She sets out to build her own legacy – while having the time of her life – alongside a whole new generation of Hillman’s best and brightest.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Physical 2021★ 6.5
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Sheila Rubin is a quietly tormented housewife in ’80s San Diego. Behind closed doors, she battles extreme personal demons and a vicious inner voice. But things change when she discovers aerobics, sparking a journey toward empowerment and success.
Stream in India on Apple TV, Apple TV Amazon Channel
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Dear White People 2017★ 6.0
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Students of color navigate the daily slights and slippery politics of life at an Ivy League college that's not nearly as "post-racial" as it thinks.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Little Things 2016★ 7.6
Shares: Drama, Comedy
A cohabiting couple in their 20s navigate the ups and downs of work, modern-day relationships and finding themselves in contemporary Bengaluru.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Master of None 2015★ 7.4
Shares: Comedy, Drama
30-year-old New York actor Dev takes on such pillars of maturity as the first big job, a serious relationship, and busting sex offenders on the subway.
Stream in India on Netflix