ZEE5 celebrates its first anniversary in style, launches 72 new originals across 6 languages

Written By Prachi | Updated: Feb 15, 2019, 03:05 AM IST

Arjun Rampal, Pooja Bhatt, Sreesanth, Raima Sen and others congratulate ZEE5 on its first anniversary

The stage was set at Mumbai's JW Marriott Hotel on Thursday - February 14, 2019 to mark the first anniversary of ZEE's OTT platform ZEE5. The dim-lit evening offered the perfect setting for the cascade of stars that were to shine down and make their way to make it a night to remember. With celebs like Arjun Rampal, Pooja Bhatt, Mahesh Bhatt, Raima Sen, Arbaaz Khan, Saqib Saleem, Sreesanth, Sumeet Vyas, Goldie Bahl among others gracing the red carpet one after the other, we knew that we were in for qute a ride. 

While we had an inkling that the first anniversary celebrations of ZEE5 will be nothing less than grand, little did we know that the folks had quite a lot of surprises in store for us. As the evening paved the way for the star-studded night, we got to know that ZEE5 will be marking it's one-year celebrations by launching 72 originals across multiple genres and six languages by March 2020. With this, ZEE5 ensures that it continues to offer maximum original content on the platform compared to any other OTT player in the country. 

New seasons of Sunny Leone's biopic, Karenjit Kaur: The Untold Story of Sunny Leone and Rangbaaz too were announced alongwith ZEE5 originals in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam languages. Furthermore, in its second year, actors like Dia Mirza, Arjun Rampal, Parambrata Chatterjee, Arbaaz Khan, Kathir, Tanvi Azmi and Directors like Sujay Dahake, Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, Goldie Behl and many more join the ZEE5 family.

Speaking at the occasion, Tarun Katial, CEO, ZEE5 India said, “This past year has been an enriching journey for each one of us who have been a part of it and being the fastest growing OTT platform in the country is testimony to the continual efforts of the team and support from our partners. Since our launch in February 2018, we have achieved milestones not just on the Content front, but under multiple pillars including Partnerships and Technology. Our aim through all our initiatives has been to bring a seamless viewing experience for our subscribers, no matter where they are or what their preference is. The learnings have been immense, and from it we have emerged – stronger and bigger. In 2019, our aim is to outdo ourselves in terms of the concepts and shows and technology we drive through ZEE5 and the announcements today are proof that we are fully poised to take this on.”

Continuing about the year ahead, Katial said, “The regional markets is where the future of entertainment lies – our next viewers will come from there. We are cognizant of this and building an ecosystem to add more value to our stakeholders in these markets. To celebrate our first anniversary, we have a special offer for our subscribers as well.”

ZEE5 has launched a special 30% discount on both annual packs - all access @ INR 999/- and regional @ INR 499/-. This is applicable from February 14, to March 31, 2019. In case subscribers pay via their Paytm account, they will get an additional 50% cashback on these rates.