Table of Contents
South Asian content professional streamer ZEE5 International has entered into a strategic partnership with Indian articles and IP studio Applause Leisure, for numerous reveals.
The partnership is made to produce a slate of Hindi-language originals throughout genres. It will kick off with “Kaun Banegi Shikharwati,” generated by Applause in association with Emmay Leisure and directed by Gauravv Chawla and Ananya Banerjee.
A drama-comedy focusing on a dysfunctional royal household, “Kaun Banegi Shikharwati” offers a heavyweight star forged which includes Naseeruddin Shah, Lara Dutta Bhupathi, Soha Ali Khan, Kritika Kamra, Anya Singh, Raghubir Yadav, Cyrus Sahukar, Varun Thakur and Anurag Sinha. It will premiere on the service in Jan. 2022.
ZEE5 has present information partnerships with TVF, Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari, “Dangal” director Nitesh Tiwari and Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chillies Leisure. Led by Indian media sector doyen Sameer Nair, Applause is a aspect of the $45 billion Aditya Birla Team and is a person of the foremost content material creators for streamers in India, with credits like “Scam 1992” (SonyLIV), “Call My Agent Bollywood” (Netflix) and “The Office” (Disney Furthermore Hotstar).
Punit Misra, president, written content and global marketplaces, ZEE Enjoyment Enterprises Ltd, said: “While purchaser intimacy is at the coronary heart of our content creation philosophy, our material creator companions are the other essential pillar in our approach.”
Archana Anand, main organization officer, ZEE5 Worldwide claimed: “We search to bring to our viewers daring, unique stories from South Asia that entertain them and resonate with them and that are introduced to existence by stellar actors and content creators. We are delighted to announce our partnership with Applause Entertainment to jointly develop an special high quality slate of tales across genres that are unique and particularly curated for our audiences throughout distinctive countries.”
Nair claimed: “We are thrilled that our 1st outing with ZEE5 is with ‘Kaun Banegi Shikarwati,’ a gentle-hearted, coronary heart-warming dramedy that is both equally quirky and pleasant, and boasts a stellar forged of actors.”
Nikkhil Advani, producer Emmay Amusement, reported: “In a fantastic blend of humor and drama, ‘Kaun Banegi Shikarwati’ features a quintessential story of Indian family members that is replete with oddities and conflicts. But at the main of it, lies unfiltered emotions that is guaranteed to resonate strongly with the masses.”