Zee Marathi is an Indian

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pay television channel owned by

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. The channel was launched on 15 August 1999 and was known as

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until 28 March 2005, when it was renamed as Zee Marathi. It is the first

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GEC channel. A HD version of this channel, Zee Marathi HD, was launched on 20 November 2016.

Reception

The channel also has launched some mobile apps like Tumcha Aamcha Jamala, Home Minister, Kisaan Abhiman and Talent app. The channel content could also be viewed on

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app. Due to the

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, Zee Marathi stopped their all current shows from 27 March 2020 and they reran their old shows during lockdown period. After that from 8 June 2020, they started some short & new lockdown series and from 13 July 2020, they started their original shows. The channel also arranges some functions like Nakshatranche Dene, Swaratarang, Ganeshotsav, Diwali Dhamaka, etc. It also had launched new magazines from 2017 like Khali Doke Var Pay (Summer Vacation), Sukhakarta (

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), Utsav Natyancha ( Diwali Festival) and a

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Zee Marathi Disha. Zee Marathi revamped with new graphics and launched 7 new shows from 23 August 2021 on the occasion of 22nd anniversary.

Sister channels

Zee Yuva

Zee Yuva is a second

GEC by

which is first youth centric channel. It was launched on 22 August 2016. Due to the

, all shows of channel were stopped on 27 March 2020 and again restarted from 13 July 2020.

Zee Talkies

Zee Talkies is a

pay television channel broadcasting

Marathi movies Marathi cinema is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Marathi language, which is widely spoken in the state of Maharashtra. It is based out of Mumbai. It is the oldest film industry in India an ...

. It is the first Marathi movie channel airing old classics and latest Marathi movies 24 hours a day. It was launched on 25 August 2007. A HD version of the channel, Zee Talkies HD, was launched on 15 October 2016.

Zee Chitramandir

Zee Chitramandir is an Indian

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television channel. It broadcasts Marathi movies and reruns old Marathi TV series. It is available only to

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users. It was launched on 9 April 2021 by

. It is the No.1 channel in Maharashtra and Goa amongst free platform.

Zee Vajwa

Zee Vajwa was a

pay television channel broadcasting Marathi music or songs by

. It was launched on 17 October 2020 and stopped on 31 March 2022.

Programming

Award functions

Plays

Zee Marathi entered the Marathi Theatre as a presenter in 2018 to encourage this field.

References

External links

Zee Marathi website
{{Marathi language television Television stations in Mumbai Marathi-language television channels Zee Entertainment Enterprises Television channels and stations established in 1999 Mass media in Mumbai Mass media in Maharashtra 1999 establishments in Maharashtra