K-Dramas Are The Latest OTT Rage & These 10 Titles on MX Player Are Our All Time Favourite

I started watching Korean dramas some 4 years back and there has been no stopping ever since. Be it the cultural impact, well-crafted storylines, oh-so-gorgeous actors, mind-bending plot twists or the fast paced narrative - these shows have so much to offer.

Simply put, the K-Drama craze has been shooting through the roof and there¡¯s no end in sight. From what we only knew as a niche ¡®content category¡¯ has astonishingly transformed into ¡®a cult¡¯ amidst the Indian viewers too.

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Home to India¡¯s largest catalogue of international shows - MX Player hosts some of the popular Korean Dramas (Dubbed in Hindi), that can be streamed for free exclusively on this entertainment super app. Gentle romances, soapy dramas, exciting thrillers, and unique stories from a familiar culture ¨C this platform offers various these shows dubbed in Hindi and is democratizing international content for the mass Indian audiences.

For those of you who are put off by the need to follow subtitles on these Korean shows and would like to see this content in Hindi, here are 10 unmissable Korean shows that you should add to your pop-culture diet:

1) Dr. Stranger

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The show revolves around a young doctor, played by Lee Jong-Suk, who flees North Korea for his first home in the South and becomes a top surgeon there, vowing to reunite with the woman who looks exactly like the one he¡¯d left behind.

2) Goblin

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A romantic-fantasy, it¡¯s a story about a modern-day Goblin who needs a human bride to remove an invisible sword from his chest and bring an end to his immortal life. What follows is an interesting story where the lives of all the characters become intertwined.

3) Penthouse

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A battle for wealth, power, and prestige at Seoul¡¯s most coveted penthouse is the crux of this full power drama series that revolves around the residents of Hera Palace, a luxury penthouse apartment with 100 floors, who have many secrets and hidden ambitions.

4) Kill Me Heal Me

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Unlike the typical medical dramas, Kill Me, Heal Me revolves around the life of Cha Do Hyun, the son of a Korean conglomerate, who secretly hires a first-year psychiatric resident (Oh Ri Jin) to treat his multiple personality disorder, only in his case, it¡¯s seven personalities.

5) Heirs

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This romantic drama tells the story of two teenagers who come from different social backgrounds and fall in love with each other in their High School. What unfolds later is the drama about class, society and privilege. It keeps you hooked because you watch in anticipation whether love would conquer all.

6) Rich Man

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A romantic-comedy series where the lead actor is the CEO of an IT firm. He is portrayed as arrogant and someone who has lots of trust issues. But things start to take a U-turn for him when the lead actress starts working for him.

7) Dr. Romantic

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This K-drama follows doctors Kang Dong-Joo (Yoo Yeon-Seok) and Yoon Seo-Jung (Seo Hyun-Jin) as they adjust to life in a small, unassuming hospital outside of Seoul. They work under the country¡¯s best surgeon Dr Kim - who in a strange fate of events disappears after an accident, changes his name and starts practicing in the same hospital.

8) I¡¯m not a Robot

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A young man suffers from a dangerous allergy that limits his interactions with people. However, his life changes when he meets an aspiring entrepreneur who pretends to be a robot for her boyfriend.

9) Doctor John

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In this popular K-Drama, Ji Sung (Cha Yo-han) diagnoses patients with mysterious pain others cannot help, while moving on from his past.

10) Into the Ring

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A dirt-born character chooses to join politics over getting a job and goes on a mission punishing rogue politicians with an elite official.

You can stream all these titles (and more!) for free, exclusively on MX Player.