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| 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 |
| Links | |
| Website | zeetheatre.com |
Zee Theatre is a 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]
Zee Theatre was officially launched on 21 September 2018 on Tata Sky. Shailja Kejriwal was appointed as a Chief Creative, Special Projects at ZEEL [5]
Since 2015, Zee Theatre has curated and produced over 80 acclaimed plays such as Gunehgaar, Sir Sir Sarla, Agnipankh, Ma Retire Hoti Hai, Saku Bai, Vaastav, Piya Behrupiya and Panchi Aise Aate Hai, among others. The library also includes some of the most celebrated stories across languages such as Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi and Bengali with magnificent production and refreshing music based on contemporary taste. Some of these plays include Doll’s House, Sakharam B and Choker Bali, among others.[ citation needed ]
Renowned theatre veterans like Mahesh Dattani, Makhrand Deshpande, Vijaya Mehta, Lillete Dubey, Atul Kumar, and also young stalwarts like Purva Naresh have recreated some of the most celebrated stories. It also features stories from popular writers such as Vijay Tendulkar, Badal Sircar, Rabindranath Tagore and others, and brought them to life on the small screen. These teleplays stars remarkable actors such as Aahana Kumra, Ashutosh Rana, Divya Dutta, Swara Bhaskar, Sonali Kulkarni, Rajeev Khandelwal, Jim Sarabh, Joy Sengupta, Shilpa Tulaskar, Himani Shivpuri, Usha Ganguly, Swastika Mukherjee, Ira Dubey, Lillete Dubey, and many others.[ citation needed ]
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] Koi Baat Chale is directed by Mayank Pahwa & Seema Pahwa.
| 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] | |
| Purush | Drama | Ashutosh Rana, Gulki Joshi, Paromita Chatterjee and Deepak Qazir | ||
| Kaalchakra | Drama | Gulki Joshi, Anand Goradia, Parvin Dabas, Chandna Sharma, Ashok Sharma, Sandeep Dhabale, Paromita Chaterjee | ||
| 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] |
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