The studio delivered back-to-back successful
releases across multiple languages—Hindi, Punjabi, Marathi, Malayalam
Zee Studios has had a busy 2019, starting with the
release of its magnum opus, Manikarnika -The Queen of Jhansi, followed by Kala
Shah Kala (Punjabi), Anandi Gopal (Marathi), Kesari and most recently, Lucifer
(Malayalam). The studio’s slate of films across languages and genres have
proved successful at the box office and have collected over Rs. 375 crores at
the worldwide box office.
The year started with Manikarnika -The Queen of
Jhansi, which released on January 25, 2019 in over 3000 screens in India and
over 700 screens worldwide in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil. It recorded the highest
opening weekend by any female-led film in the history of Indian cinema,
grossing over Rs. 150 crores worldwide.
Zee Studios further strengthened its market
leadership in Marathi with Anandi Gopal that became the highest Marathi grosser
of 2019 so far. A Zee Studios production, this biography is based on the life
of Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi, who was the first lady doctor from India, and was
released across 385 screens worldwide in February. Also released in the same
month was the Punjabi romantic comedy, Kala Shah Kala, across 450 screens
worldwide. One of the widest releases of a Punjabi film in overseas markets, Kala
Shah Kala went on to became Punjabi star Binnu Dhillon’s highest grosser
overseas. Most recently, the studio released Mohanlal’s Lucifer in US and
Canada that rounded up colossal box office numbers overseas, becoming the
all-time blockbuster film in Malayalam cinema.
After Rustom in 2016, the studio had its second
blockbuster with super star Akshay Kumar in Kesari which has collected in
excess of Rs 200 crores worldwide. Kesari has also gone on to become Akshay
Kumar’s highest grossing Hindi film till date.
Commenting on the quarter, Shariq Patel, CEO, Zee
Studios said, “We have had a great run at the box office in the last quarter of
2018-19, with multiple successful releases across languages and markets. Our
focus has been to create, back high-quality content, market and distribute it
strategically to achieve best possible results at the global box office. As a
studio, our strategy ahead is to have a healthy mix of co-production and
distribution deals across languages while ramping up our in-house productions.
We aim to release 12-14 films this year”.
The studio also has an exciting line up of films
planned for the next few months. Among them are the Ravi Jadhav directed
Marathi film Rampaat on May 17, 2019, Sunny Deol’s directorial Pal Pal Dil Ke
Paas on July 19, 2019 and Dharma Production’s Good News on September 6, 2019.
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