Dubai: Global Streaming platform ZEE5 has announced the launch of content in Arabic, giving Bollywood fans across the Middle East and the diaspora across the globe access to the biggest Bollywood blockbusters, in the language of their own comfort.
What’s more, these Bollywood movies will be available for free exclusively for audiences in the Middle East.
The Arabic dubbed Bollywood movies include blockbuster movies like ‘Toilet Ek Prem Katha’, ‘Padman’, ‘Veere Di Wedding’, ‘Commando 2’, ‘RaOne’, ‘Welcome’, ‘Bareily Ki Barfi’ and some classics like ‘Mr.India’ and the Shah Rukh Khan Starrer ‘Pardes’. The movie line-up will have movies across genres like action, thriller, romance and comedy.
Sharing her views on the launch, Archana Anand, Chief Business Officer, ZEE5 Global said, “Bollywood is a phenomenon in itself and we see a huge love for this content on ZEE5 especially in the Middle East. With such a large inclination of the local audiences towards Bollywood and given that Middle East is a high priority market for us, making our movies available in Arabic is a key part of our localization initiatives in the market. Further, given the current situation, we also decided to make this content free for our Arab audiences in the Middle East to enjoy the best of Bollywood, while they stay at home”
The launch of Arabic dubbed movies also come as an extension of the ZEE5 Global campaign to encourage their audiences to #StayHomeStayEntertained. The OTT giant will be extensively promoting this content through its network including local broadcast channels, ZEE Aflam and Zee Alwan and digital media.
With over 1,00,000 hours of Indian TV Shows, Movies, News and Videos, ZEE5 offers the largest bouquet of content across 18 languages including the recently launched Arabic, to South Asian audiences across the globe. ZEE5 also offers 60+ popular Live TV channels, including ZEE’s best loved channels. ZEE5 is available on Google Play Store, iOS App Store, www.ZEE5.com as well as on Samsung Smart TVs, Apple TV, Android TVs, Roku devices and Amazon Fire TV.
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About ZEE5 Global
ZEE5 is the digital entertainment destination launched by Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL), a global Media and Entertainment powerhouse. The platform launched across 190+ countries in October 2018 and has content across 18 languages; Hindi, English, Bengali, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Marathi, Oriya, Bhojpuri, Gujarati, Punjabi, and now also five international languages -Malay, Thai, Bahasa, German, Russian and Arabic. ZEE5 is home to 100,000 hours of On Demand Content and 60+ live TV channels. The platform brings together the best of Originals, Movies and TV Shows, Music, Cineplays, News, Live TV and Health and Lifestyle content all in one single destination. ZEE5 offers ground-breaking features like 16 navigational languages, content download option, seamless video playback and Voice Search.
The ZEE5 App can be downloaded from Google Play Store/iOS App Store and is also available on www.ZEE5.com . The app is also available on Samsung Smart TV, Apple TV, Android TV, Roku devices and Amazon Fire TV.
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