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ZEE5
ZEE5 or Z5 is an Indian subscription video on demand and over-the-top streaming service, owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. It was launched in India on 14 February 2018 with content in 12 languages. The ZEE5 mobile app is available on Web, Android, iOS, Smart TVs, among other devices. In December 2018, ZEE5 had 56.3 million monthly active users, increasing to 65.9 million by the end of 2020. History Ozee was an Indian digital online platform that was launched in February 2016 by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. As of 14 February 2018, the service has been integrated into ZEE5. Programming The platform started streaming web series in 2018 with ''Nanna Koochi'' (Telugu), '' America Mappillai'' (Tamil) and ''Dhatt Tere Ki'' (Hindi). In the same year, the platform also introduced another web series titled, '' Kallachirippu'' which was produced by popular filmmaker Karthik Subbaraj, and '' Karenjit Kaur – The Untold Story of Sunny Leone'', a biographical web series on Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
America Mappillai
America Mappillai () is a 2018 Tamil-language streaming television series, starring Raja Krishnamoorthy, Leela Samson, Arjun Chidambaram, Namita Krishnamurthy, Rakesh Ram and Gokul Anand. It premiered on ZEE5 from 2018. The show was writer by Raja Ramamurthy and director by Praveen Padmanabhan. Synopsis Ganesh is a young man who his father constantly nags to get married. His gay friend suggests that Ganesh pretend to be gay so as to avoid marriage. Ganesh acts out the plan but there are unintended consequences. Cast * Raja Krishnamoorthy * Leela Samson as Vasantha * Arjun Chidambaram as Ganesh * Namita Krishnamurthy * Gokul Anand as Karthik * Rakesh Ram * Delhi Ganesh Special appearances * M. S. Bhaskar *Sruthi Hariharan as Shabana Episodes Reception The News Minute reviewed ''America Mappillai'' as a light hearted and funny webseries. They also stated that it was hard to understand the characters due to lack of time to elaborate more about the individuals. The ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zee Entertainment Enterprises
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) (formerly Zee Telefilms) is an Indian media conglomerate. Headquartered in Mumbai, it has interests in television, print, internet, film, and businesses related to mobile content, and operates 45 channels worldwide. History Independent era In April 1995, the company launched the premium movie channel Zee Cinema, the first channel of its sort in the country. Until 1999, programming was done by Star TV. In the following years Zee Cinema has also catered to international markets like South-East America, Europe, Middle East, North Africa, Pakistan, Indonesia and Asia Pacific and the Rest of Africa. Zee Cinema (Canada) is available in Canada as a joint ventures with Ethnic Group. Zee Telefilms launched a Nickelodeon-branded programming block in 1999 as part of a distribution deal between Viacom International and Zee Telefilms. It was replaced by a new Cartoon Network block in 2002. In 2008, Zee Networks launched Zee Motion Pict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kallachirippu
''Kallachirippu'' () is a 2018 Indian Tamil language streaming television series. It has a non-linear narrative structure provided and is hosted by Zee5, a video on demand platform. The series was directed by Rohit Nandakumar and produced by popular film director Karthik Subbaraj under his own production company Stone Bench Productions. This was Karthik Subbaraj's first series as a producer and it was the first series for Stone Bench Productions company. The series was released on the streaming platform Zee5 on 23 July 2018 and eventually ended up on 30 July 2018 with only 8 episodes. It starred Amrutha Srinivasan in the lead role while Vikas, Vignesh Shanmugam, Rajalakshmi, Uma, Maheshwaran and Nandakumar played pivotal roles. This web series is also the second series to be launched by Zee5 network after ''America Mappillai''. The series received positive reviews from critics and audience for portrayal of women in more prominent identical roles than the male counterparts. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanna Koochi
''Nanna Koochi (Translation: Daddy Koochi)'' is a 2018 Indian Telugu-language drama web series directed by Pranith Bramandapally and produced by Niharika Konidela through Pink Elephant Pictures. The series has an ensemble cast of Niharika Konidela, Nagendra Babu and Poondla Abhijeeth. The 8-episodes series premiered on ZEE5 on 12 February 2018. It is the first Telugu-language web series on ZEE5. Premise Cast * Niharika Konidela as Tara * Nagendra Babu as Anandraj * Poondla Abhijeeth as Luv * Sivaji Raja * Neelya Bhavani as Parvathi * Jabaradasth Rakesh as Banthi * Bhavana Rao * Master Bharath * Kalki Raja * Karthik Appala Production After producing successful series ''Muddapappu Avakai'', Niharika again produced this web series. Filming took place in Hyderabad in late 2017. Episodes There are eight episodes written and directed by Pranith Bramandapally. Niharika is the dialogue writer along with Pranith. Reception Karthik Keramulu of ''Firstpost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karenjit Kaur – The Untold Story Of Sunny Leone
''Karenjit Kaur – The Untold Story of Sunny Leone'' is a Hindi-language streaming television series. The series captures the journey of former pornstar-turned-actor Sunny Leone, born in a middle-class Sikh family, and her makeover from being an innocent girl to an adult film actress and eventually a Bollywood star. The twenty-episode series premiered on ZEE5 on 16 July 2018 in multiple languages, including Malayalam, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Marathi. Description The biopic stars Raj Arjun, Rysa Saujani, Karamvir Lamba, Bijay Jasjit Anand, Grusha Kapoor, Vanish Pradhan and Marc Buckner. Karenjit tells her story on her terms, in her inimitable style – one with no regrets. Right from her reasons for getting into the adult industry, choosing the name Sunny to meeting her husband to the industry itself. Directed by Aditya Datt and written by Karan Sharma, the series reveals her history, family, boyfriend-turned-husband Daniel Webber and traces lesser-known facts abo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Life Sahi Hai
''Life Sahi Hai'' () is an Indian coming-of-age comedy series created by Tarun Jain. It is produced by Luv Ranjan and Ankur Garg under their production company, Luv Films. Several team members involved in the series had previously worked on the Pyaar Ka Punchnama franchise. The first season of the show was released on YouTube in June 2016, and the second season premiered on ZEE5 in April 2018 Plot summary ''Life Sahi Hai'' is a sitcom revolving around four men, who have moved to Delhi with the intention to live independently for the first time, and the trouble they encounter in pursuing this goal. Throughout the series, the main characters retain positive attitudes toward their situation, as exemplified by the statement 'Life Sahi Hai'. Cast *Siddhant Chaturvedi as Sahil Hooda *Abhishek Saha as Siddharth Srivastava * Suhail Nayyar as Jasjit Singh * Tarun Jain as Amit Jain * Brijendra Kala as Sinha * Gunjan Malhotra as Shruti Aggarwal * Mona Ambegaonkar as Jasjit's moth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karthik Subbaraj
Karthik Subbaraj (born 19 March 1983) is an Indian film director, film producer and screenwriter working mainly in Tamil cinema. Early life Karthik did his schooling in SBOA Matriculation and Higher Secondary School, Madurai after which he went on to study mechatronics at Thiagarajar College of Engineering. During his college days he performed stage shows and skits. His father, Gajaraj, is an actor who has acted in many supporting roles in films like ''Mundasupatti'' and ''Kabali (film), Kabali''. He made the short film ''Kaatchipizhai'' in Madurai, which was selected for ''Nalaya Iyakunar''. Career Karthik had intended to direct ''Jigarthanda (2014 film), Jigarthanda'' first but could not fund the project. He then came up with the story for the low-budget ''Pizza (2012 film), Pizza''. The film was a commercial success, remade in Hindi, Bengali and Kannada. This allowed him the opportunity to make ''Jigarthanda'', which received positive reviews and earned actor Bobby Simh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunny Leone
Karenjit "Karen" Kaur Vohra (born May 13, 1981), known by her stage name Sunny Leone, is a Canadian American actress, model, and former pornographic actress. She was named ''Penthouse (magazine), Penthouse'' Pet of the Year in 2003, was a contract performer for Vivid Entertainment, and was named by ''Maxim (magazine), Maxim'' as one of the 12 top porn stars in 2010. She was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame in 2018. She has played roles in independent mainstream events, films, and television series. Her first mainstream appearance was in 2005, when she worked as a red carpet reporter for the MTV Video Music Awards on MTV India. In 2011, she participated in the Indian reality television series ''Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series), Bigg Boss''. She also has hosted the Indian reality show ''MTV Splitsvilla, Splitsvilla''. In 2012, she made her Bollywood debut in Pooja Bhatt's erotic thriller ''Jism 2'' (2012) and shifted her focus to mainstream acting which was followed up with ''Jac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Over-the-top Media Service
An over-the-top media service (also known as over-the-top television, or simply OTT) is a digital distribution service of video and audio delivered Direct-to-consumer, directly to viewers via the public Internet, rather than through an Terrestrial television, over-the-air, Cable television, cable, Satellite television, satellite, or IPTV provider. The term is synonymous with "streaming platform". OTT services may be subscription-based or free, and are typically accessed via television sets with integrated Smart TV platforms, streaming devices such as Amazon Fire TV and Roku, video game consoles, websites on personal computers, and mobile app, apps on smartphones and tablet computer, tablets. OTT bypasses broadcast television, broadcast, cable, and satellite transmissions—the system through which companies have traditionally acted as controllers or distributors of television content. This content may include shows and movies for which the OTT acquired licensed rights from the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OTT Platform
An over-the-top media service (also known as over-the-top television, or simply OTT) is a digital distribution service of video and audio delivered directly to viewers via the public Internet, rather than through an over-the-air, cable, satellite, or IPTV provider. The term is synonymous with "streaming platform". OTT services may be subscription-based or free, and are typically accessed via television sets with integrated Smart TV platforms, streaming devices such as Amazon Fire TV and Roku, video game consoles, websites on personal computers, and apps on smartphones and tablets. OTT bypasses broadcast, cable, and satellite transmissions—the system through which companies have traditionally acted as controllers or distributors of television content. This content may include shows and movies for which the OTT acquired licensed rights from the content owner. Programming may also include original content produced by the service or specifically for it. OTT services includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Video On Demand
Video on demand (VOD) is a media distribution system that allows users to access videos, television shows and films Digital distribution, digitally on request. These multimedia are accessed without a traditional video playback device and a typical static broadcasting schedule, which was popular under traditional broadcast programming, instead involving newer modes of content consumption that have risen as Internet and IPTV technologies have become prominent, and culminated in the arrival of VOD and Over-the-top media service, over-the-top (OTT) media services on televisions and personal computers. Television VOD systems can streaming media, stream content, either through a traditional set-top box or through remote devices such as computers, tablets, and smartphones. VOD users may also permanently download content to a device such as a computer, digital video recorder (DVR) or, a portable media player for continued viewing. The majority of Cable television, cable and telephone comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SonyLIV
Sony LIV is an Indian subscription video-on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Culver Max Entertainment. Sony LIV was introduced in 2013 as the first OTT service in India. As a streaming service, it provides live sports, original titles, other content titles from its own networks and content titles in India licensed from third-parties such as JioHotstar, Netflix among others. The Sony LIV content library includes films, TV shows and series, and sports. History Sony LIV was launched on 23 January 2013. LIV Sports LIV Sports was launched on 1 June 2014 by Culver Max Entertainment (as a new sports streaming service exclusively for sports properties). LIV Sports was the official mobile and internet broadcaster for the 2014 FIFA World Cup starting 12 June 2014. LIV Sports aired both live and video-on-demand match content with statistics and analysis. Sony LIV first revamp (2018) Sony LIV underwent its first revamp and started to stream live television cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
