Zee Theatre

Zee Theatre

Logo used since 2025
Country	India
Network	Zee Entertainment Enterprises
Headquarters	Mumbai, India
Programming
Language(s)	Hindi, Urdu, English, Marathi, Gujarati
Ownership
Owner	Zee Entertainment Enterprises
History
Launched	21 September 2018;6 years ago (21 September 2018)
Links
Website	zeetheatre.com

Zee Theatre also known as Z Theater is a soon-to-be-defunct platform service by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. ^{[1] [2]} It offers a collection of recorded theatre plays, also called teleplays, produced in India and abroad. ^[3] Zee Theatre is developed by Zee Special Projects. ^[4]

History

Zee Theatre was officially launched on 21 September 2018 on Tata Sky (now Tata Play). Shailja Kejriwal was appointed as a Chief Creative, Special Projects at ZEEL ^[5]

In May 2022, Zee Theatre broadcast international plays including The Sound of Music Live! , Hairspray Live , Peter Pan Live! and Billy Elliot: The Musical . ^[6]

In Nov and Dec. 2022, Zee Theatre launched two new teleplays Shadyantra and Koi Baat Chale ^[7] with some of the best actors like Gopal Datt, Vineet Kumar, Manoj Pahwa, Hina Khan, Kunaal Roy Kapur & Chandan Roy Sanyal. ^[8]

Plays of Zee Theatre

Year	Play	Genre	Starcast	Notes
2017	Agnipankh	Political Power Drama	Gulki Joshi, Mita Vashisth, Satyajeet Dubey, Satyajit Sharma
2018	Jana tha Roshanpura	Drama	Virendra Saxena, Ravi Mahashabde, Samta Sagar	[9]
2019	Shireen Shah	Thriller	Joy Sengupta, Dilnaz Irani and Harsh Khurana	[10]
	Gudiya ki Shaadi	Drama, Comedy	Shweta Basu Prasad, Virendra Saxena, Samta Sagar, Ishtiyaq Khan, Saroj Sharma, Neha Saraf, Vikram Kochhar, Anveshi Jain	[11]
2020	Ladies Sangeet	Musical	Joy Sengupta, Nidhi Singh, Siddhant Karnick, Loveleen Mishra, Harsh Khurana, Sarika Singh, Monica Gupta, Niranjan Iyengar, Mallika Singh,  Nivedita Bhargava	[12]
2022	Gunehgaar	Thriller	Shweta Basu Prasad, Sumeet Vyas, Gajraj Rao	[13]
	Shadyantra	Thriller	Kunaal Roy Kapur, Hina Khan, Chandan Roy Sanyal, Anang Desai	[14]
2023	Yeh Shaadi Nahi Ho Sakti	Gopal Datt, Lisha Bajaj, Prajakta Koli, Shikha Talsania	Comedy	[15]

References

1. "ZEE forays into Theatre with over 100 productions – Launches 'Zee Theatre'". Zee. 13 October 2017.
2. "Zee to launch theatre production with 'Zee Theatre'". The Economic Times. 28 October 2015.
3. IANS (10 January 2017). "Zee Theatre to take 12 plays to 15 Indian cities". Business Standard India. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
4. PTI (22 November 2015). "Zee to produce theatres for various platforms". mint. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
5. "ZEE launches 'Zee Theatre', to become first indian media to foray into theatre production". DNA India. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
6. Today, Telangana (21 May 2022). "Zee Theatre plays will now stream on small screen". Telangana Today. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
7. "Seema Pahwa: 'Koi Baat Chale' can help youngsters discover the riches of Hindi, Urdu literature". WION. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
8. "TV actress Hina Khan to make her theatre debut with Zee's 'Shadyantra'". The Economic Times. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
9. Saxena, Veerendra (23 September 2018), Jana Tha Roshanpura (Drama), retrieved 12 January 2023
10. Hiwale, Kalyani; Shrivastava, Sourabh; Verma, Maneesh (31 May 2019), Shireen Shah (Drama, Thriller), retrieved 12 January 2023
11. "Theatre has been a part of the Indian ethos from the time of 'Natya Shastra', 'Mahabharat'". WION. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
12. Mukhopadhyay, Suman; Naresh, Purva (29 November 2020), Ladies Sangeet (Musical), ZEE Theatre, retrieved 12 January 2023
13. Khurana, Akarsh; Saikia, Anurag (24 September 2022), Gunehgaar (Thriller), Troika Productions, ZEE Theatre, retrieved 12 January 2023
14. "'Shadyantra' Trailer: Hina Khan, Chandan Roy Sanyal And Kunaal Roy Kapur Starrer 'Shadyantra' Official Trailer | Entertainment - Times of India Videos". The Times of India. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
15. "Relive the 90s with Zee Theatre's 'Yeh Shaadi Nahi Ho Sakti', a witty take on love and marriage!". punemirror.com. 10 February 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.