ZEE5 launches film festival with 12 premieres

ZEE5 has announced the launch of the ZEE5 Film Festival. As part of the festival, 12 films – six from India and Pakistan each will be featured every Friday on a weekly basis starting 24th August 2018. Given the current global scenario, it is important to bring people together. This thought resonates with ZEE’s philosophy of Extraordinary Together that will redefine the boundaries of entertainment as we know it.

The opening movie for the festival will be ‘Toba Tek Singh’, the Ketan Mehta directed and Pankaj Kapur, Vinay Pathak starrer, adaptation of Manto’s novel by the same name. In fact, Toba Tek Singh captures the story of a mental asylum where friendship extends beyond the ties of religion in the aftermath of Indo-Pak partition; it delves deeper into the pain of separation from the people you love and place you call home.

Commenting on the release, Director Ketan Mehta said, “I am delighted to be part of the ZEE5 Film Festival. It is definitely a brilliant initiative showcasing thought-provoking films from India and Pakistan to the audience through an OTT platform and a film festival format. I do hope the movie is able to spark conversations about the topic and hopefully we are able to jointly prompt the next generation towards a better tomorrow.”

Expressing his thoughts on the launch, actor Pankaj Kapur shared, “Digital platforms today are bringing to the fore much-needed discussions around topics that are still a taboo for traditional screens. We are proud to be a part of the ZEE5 Film Festival which goes beyond the national barriers and features films created by award-winning directors and actors discussing important issues.”

Manish Aggarwal, Business Head – ZEE5 India said, “Our objective to host the ZEE5 Film Festival stemmed from the interest we have seen among our viewers for content that spurs them to think and have an engaging conversation. This is also the perfect mix for our audience who appreciates such world-class entertainment that is not easily available. The Festival will release one film every Friday starting 24th August to 9th November giving viewers the opportunity to make it their weekend movie fix with a though-provoking watch. The movies have been created by acclaimed directors with well-known actors and definitely have the power to influence and change mindsets across the globe.”

The films being premiered on ZEE5 will be:

Toba Tek Singh
Ketan Mehta
Pankaj Kapur, Vinay Pathak
India

Baarish Aur Chowein
Tigmanshu Dhulia
Taapsee Pannu, Amit Sadh
India

Silvat
Tanuja Chandra
Kartik Aryan, Meher Mistry
India

Guddu Engiineer
Nikhil Advani
Prabudh Dyma, Pranati Ghogare
India

Dobaara
Bejoy Nambiar
Manav Kaul, Parvathy Omanakuttan
India

Saari Raat
Aparna Sen
Konkana Sen Sharma, Ritwik Chakraborty, Anjan Dutt
India

Jeewan Hathi
Meenu & Farjad
Naseeruddin Shah, Adnan Jaffar, Samiya Mumtaz, Hina Dilpazeer
Pakistan

Moomal Rano
Siraj-Ul-Haq
Saba Qamar, Ahsan Khan
Pakistan

Lala Begum
Mehreen Jabbar
Marina Khan, Humayun Sayeed, Sonia Rehman Qureshi
Pakistan

Chotay Shah
Sabiha Sumar
Adnan Jaffar, Naveed Shehzad, Tara Mahmood
Pakistan

Laloolal.Com
Khalid Ahmad
Faysal Qureshi, Natasha Portess
Pakistan

Khaemae Main Matt Jhankain
Shahbaz Sumar
Hassan Abbas, Aara Haider
Pakistan