ZEE5 Announces Second Hindi Original Film ‘CABARET’

After the successful launch of TIGERS with Emraan Hashmi, ZEE5, India’s fastest growing OTT platform, announced its second Hindi Original film – CABARET with Richa Chadda. Directed by Kaustav Narayan Niyogi, CABARET is a much-awaited musical, unique love story and thriller starring Richa Chadda, Gulshan Devaiah, S. Sreesanth, Gulshan Grover amongst others. To add the perfect essence of melody, the film features songs by veteran singer Usha Uthup, as well as Sunidhi Chauhan and Neeti Mohan.

Pooja Bhatt, Producer, CABARET said, “CABARET is a movie that celebrates dance and love in the most unique way possible. We are thrilled about premiering it on a digital ZEE5 and are sure that their phenomenal reach will take CABARET to a much larger audience who are seeking cutting edge content on the go.”

Speaking about the release, Richa Chadda said, “CABARET has been one of my most challenging roles to date and I am excited that the film is being released on a digital platform like ZEE5. Given the musical format and the fresh concept, it will surely resonate with the ZEE5 audience who enjoys watching exciting and edgy content.”

Manish Aggarwal, Business Head, ZEE5 India said, “CABARET is an exceptional love story with an equal mix of thrill. It is the type of content that our audiences across India and the world will appreciate and watch. We saw great success with TIGERS, our first Hindi Original film and we expect CABARET to do the same. With Pooja Bhatt’s conviction in the concept and Richa Chadda’s mind blowing performance, this film will be the most looked forward to in 2019.”

Aparna Acharekar, Programming Head, ZEE5 India said, “TIGERS, our first Hindi Original film, enjoyed a great response on the platform with views across geographies. CABARET is our next and we are glad to partner with Pooja Bhatt who has been a part of several bold films from the Indian cinema landscape. The highlight is Richa Chadda, of course, who has undergone a complete transformation for this character. We are confident that the movie will be among one of our finest offerings on ZEE5.”

Besides Original films, ZEE5 has also digitally premiered blockbuster and acclaimed movies for its subscriber base. From Padman, Veere Di Wedding, Mulk, Parmanu, Batti Gul Meter Chalu and many more in Hindi to Faster Fene, Gulabjaam, Mercury and so on in regional content. ZEE5 continues to digitally premiere blockbuster movies across languages.

With over 3500 films, 500+ TV shows, 4000+ music videos, 35+ theatre plays and 90+ LIVE TV Channels across 12 languages, ZEE5 truly presents a blend of unrivalled content offering for its viewers across the nation and worldwide. With ZEE5, the global content of Zindagi as a brand, which was widely appreciated across the country, has also been brought back for its loyal viewers.

Availability: The ZEE5 App can be downloaded from Google Play Store http://bit.ly/zee5 and iOS App Store http://bit.ly/zee5ios. Also available at www.zee5.com, as a Progressive Web App (PWA), and on Apple TV and Amazon Fire TV Stick. ZEE5 also supports Chromecast.

 Pricing: Freemium pricing model with both free and paid premium content (including Originals) to cater to a mix of audiences. Viewers who subscribe to the ZEE5 subscription pack will get access to the entire library of content with – 99/- for 1 month and 999/- for a year.