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Best new Zee5 movies and TV series to watch this week in the UAE
Vishwak
Release Date: 02/06/2023 | Genre: Action | Language: Telugu | Rating: UA
The story is about an idealistic youngster who wants to do something for the country through his work and startup. But he faces problems, and his dad wants him to work abroad. Caught between the two, the youngster understands life and his country. The story deals with the stress, struggles, depression & unemployment of the youth. And how educated NRIs can also help in the growth & development of the nation. The film stars Ajay Kumar Kathurvar, Darbha Appaji Ambarisha, and Likith Chennamaneni. Venu Mulkala directs the film.
Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai
Genre: Legal drama | Language: Hindi | Rating: PG13
Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai is based on the case against a highly influential godman who was sentenced to life imprisonment for sexually abusing a minor girl studying in his school. The Hindi courtroom drama is based on the true story of a lawyer’s long battle.
The film written by Deepak Kingrani is directed by Apoorv Singh Karki. The film, which is a direct OTT release, stars Manoj Bajpayee as the lead and also features Surya Mohan Kulshrestha, Adrija Singh, Jai Hind Kumar, Durga Sharma, Vipin Sharma, Abhijeet Lahiri, Vivek Tandon, and Balaji Lakshminarasimhan.
Taj: Reign of Revenge Season 2
Genre: Historical | Language: Hindi | Rating: PG13
The saga of conflicts within the Mughal empire and the dynamics between emperor Akbar and his two sons is back for the second season. This season the focus is on the battle for the throne. The eight-part series star Naseeruddin Shah as emperor Akbar, Dharmendra as Shaikh Salim Chisti, Shubham Kumar Mehra as Prince Daniyal, Sandhya Mridul as Queen Jodha Bai, Zareena Wahab as Queen Salima, Queen Ruqaiya Begum as Padma Damodaran, Rahul Bose as Mirza Hakim. The series is directed by: Vibhu Puri.
Fireflies: Parth Aur Jugnu
Genre: Fantasy | Language: Hindi | Rating: U
Fireflies: Parth aur Jugnu explores themes like morality, mythology and mysticism as two young unlikely friends journey to protect a magical tree in a haunted forest. Directed by National Awardee Hemant Gaba, this project has roped in renowned mythologist and author Devdutt Pattanaik as the script consultant and American comic book writer who has worked extensively with DC and Marvel, Ron Marz as the script doctor.
The show banks on cutting-edge CGI shots and much of the show is filmed in the hills of Himachal Pradesh. The series stars Meet Mukhi, Aekam Binjwe, Madhoo Shah, Priyanshu Chatterjee, Luke Kenny, Akshat Singh, Zoya Afroz, Varun Kapoor, Harshit Bhojwani, Anaya Shivan, Riva Arora, Rahul Singh, and Hitesh Dave in key roles.
Vyavastha
Genre: Legal drama | Language: Telugu | Rating: U
This web series is a legal drama, which as a genre, is getting popular in India. The story revolves around two advocates, one with a stammering problem but idealistic and the other is a senior advocate and money-minded.
Karthik Rathnam and Sampath Raj play the two characters, respectively. Hebah Patel plays a woman who is accused of murder. A part of the story is set in a law college. The series is helmed by Oy-fame director Anand Ranga and produced by Pattabhi Chilukuri. Anil Bhandari is the cinematographer of the series.
U-Turn
Genre: Thriller | Language: Hindi | Rating: 18TC
Produced by Ektaa Kapoor’s Balaji Motion Pictures, this thriller is directed by first-time filmmaker Arif Khan. The Hindi-language movie is a remake of a Kannada thriller of the same title that featured actress Shraddha Srinath in the lead.
The original 2016 movie revolved around the death of motorists who broke a traffic rule at a flyover and the subsequent cracking down on the culprit by an intern journalist and police inspector duo. The film stars Alaya F, Priyanshu Painyuli, Aashim Gulati, Rajesh Sharma, Shreedhar Dubey, Sahil Takhi and Apoorva Suman.
Viduthalai: Part 1
Genre: Action | Language: Tamil | Rating: 18TC
Helmed by the award-winning director Vetrimaran, Viduthalai is about the police operations that led to the flushing out of Naxalites in North Tamil Nadu. The film is being released in two parts and is based on the novel ‘Thunaivan’ by Jeya Mohan.
Soori, known as a comedian, plays the hero and is a cop in the film. It also stars Vijay Sethupathi, Bhavani Sree, Rajiv Menon, Gautham Menon, Prakash Raj, and Chetan, among others, in important roles. Maestro Ilaiyaraaja has scored the music. Critics were mostly positive when the film was released in theatres.
Read our review of Viduthalai Part 1
Mrs. Undercover
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Projapati
Genre: Family drama | Language: Bengali | Rating: PG15
This family drama is directed by Avijit Sen, and features Mithun Chakraborty, Dev, Mamata Shankar, and Shweta Bhattacharya in main roles. The film revolves around a father’s wish to see his son married. The son, ironically a busy wedding planner, cannot think of his own marriage. The film was one of the biggest hits in West Bengal last year.
Pranaya Vilasam
Genre: Rom-com | Language: Malayalam | Rating: U
Pranaya Vilasam is an unpretentious film and turned out to be an unpretentious hit at the box office. Directed by debutant Nikhil Muraly, Pranaya Vilasam is a rom-com that stars Arjun Ashokan, Anaswara Rajan, Hakkim Shah, Miya George and Manoj KU in major roles.
The film is scripted jointly by Jyothish M and Sunu AV. Siby Chavara and Renjith Nair produce the film. According to the director, the story is about different kinds of love – the romance between people from different backgrounds.
Pranaya Vilasam was featured in Top 5 new Indian movies and TV series to watch this week in UAE
United Kacche
Genre: Comedy | Language: Hindi | Rating: N/A
This Hindi web series is headlined by Sunil Grover, known for his comedic roles. The comedy-drama series showcases the life of illegal immigrants in foreign nations entertainingly. The web series also stars Satish Shah, Sapna Pabbi, Nikhil Vijay, Manu Rishi Chaddha, Nayani Dixit, Diksha Juneja, Neelu Kohli, and Poojan Chhabra in pivotal roles. Produced by Yoodlee Films and directed by Manav Shah, this is an 8-episode series.
Ayothi
Genre: Action | Language: Tamil | Rating: PG13
Ayothi is the debut film of director Manthira Moorthy. The film is headlined by Sasikumar. Ayothi also stars Yashpal Sharma, Preethi Asrani, and Pugazh. The film is an emotional story about the religious divide among people, which prevents them from helping each other.
Agilan
Genre: Action | Language: Tamil | Rating: UA
This Tamil crime drama film is directed by N Kalyana Krishnan. It stars Jayam Ravi, Priya Bhavani Shankar, Tanya Ravichandran, Harish Uthaman, Kumaravel, Madhusudhan Rao, Hareesh Peradi, Tarun Arora, Vetri Kiran, Aarash Shah, Shaan Kakkar and Chirag Jani. Jayam Ravi, who is not always on the right side of the law, plays a crane operator at the harbour. The film had an average run in the theatres.
Kanjoos Makhichoos
Genre: Comedy drama | Language: Hindi | Rating: Not available
This comedy-drama stars Kunal Khemu, Shweta Tripathi and Piyush Mishra as the leads. The story is about a stingy middle-class man fighting with the corrupt system after his parents go missing during a pilgrimage trip.
Alka Amin, Rajiv Gupta, and the late Raju Srivastav are also in the cast. The film is directed by Vipul Mehta. Kanjoos Makhichoos is a straight-on-streamers release.
Sengalam
Genre: Political drama | Language: Tamil | Rating: N/A
Sengalam is a political thriller set in Southern Tamil Nadu. It features Kalaiyarasan and Vani Bhojan in the main leads. Directed by SR Prabhakaran, the series is his debut on the web. He has previously directed films such as Sundarapandian, Idhu Kathirvelan Kadhal, Sathriyan and Kombu Vetcha Singamda.
Sengalam also stars Sharath Lohistashwa, Viji Bhairavi Chandrasekhar, Shali Nivekas, Manasha Radhakrishnan, Vela Ramamoorthy, Bucks, Muthu Kumar, Daniel Annie Pope, Arjai, Pawan, Prem, Gajaraj, and Pooja Vaidhyanathan in prominent roles.
Poovan (Malayalam)
Jalikkattu and Angamaly Diaries actor Antony Varghese’s Malayalam movie is Poovan, and it marks the directorial debut of Super Sharanya actor Vineeth Vasudevan. Actor Varun Dhara scripts the comedy-drama and also stars Vineeth Vishwan, Gireesh AD, Anishma Anilkumar, Maniyanpilla Raju, Annies Abraham, Akhila Bhargavan and Vineeth Vasudevan in pivotal roles. The movie, which was released in theatres earlier, also has a rooster in a pivotal role.
The Malayalam movie Poovan streams on Zee5
Writer Padmabhushan (Telugu)
Writer Padmabhushan has Suhas and Tina Shilparaj in the lead roles and is billed as a comedy-drama. It had a decent run at the box office. The film also has Rohini and Ashish Vidhyarthi in key supporting roles. Directed by Shanmukha Prasanth, it is a story about a writer whose first work fails to create any buzz.
The Telugu film Writer Padmabhushan streams on Zee5
Taj: Divided by Blood (Hindi)
This historical tale is that of emperor Akbar, who sparks a war among his sons in an attempt to find a worthy successor to himself. The series re-creates the period of the Mughal invasion of India and the conflicts triggered by them, and the politics within their empire.
The series features Dharmendra, Naseeruddin Shah, Aditi Rao Hydari, Rahul Bose, Zarina Wahab, Sandhya Mridul and Aashim Gulati in significant roles.
The Hindi series Taj: Divided by Blood is now streaming on Zee5
The Great Indian Kitchen (Tamil)
The Tamil film The Great Indian Kitchen is a faithful remake of the Malayalam hit of the same name. Aishwarya Rajesh and Rahul Raveendran play lead roles in the Tamil version. In Malayalam, Nimisha Sajayan and Suraj Venjaramoodu were special in the same role.
Directed by remake specialist Kannan, the film is about the struggles of a woman being confined to the kitchen in a patriarchal household. How she breaks the shackles is the story all about.
The Tamil movie The Great Indian Kitchen is now streaming on Zee5
Lost (Hindi)
Yami Gautam’s recent movies like A Thursday and Dasavi were all direct-on-OTT releases. Her latest, Lost is no different. This thriller, directed by Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, revolves around a crime reporter who is exposed to a whole new world of politics, love and betrayal.
Yami plays the role of Riddhi Sahani, the crime reporter in question, who sleuths around to know the reason behind the sudden disappearance of a young theatre activist (Ishan Bharti) played by Tushar Pandey. Apart from Yami and Tushar, the film also stars Pankaj Kapur, Neil Bhoopalam, Rahul Khanna and Pia Bajpiee.
The Hindi film Lost is now streaming on Zee5
