Zee Cinema will be unveiling a brand new look following a makeover from 24 March.

The channel will don a completely new feel with a localized connect - creating an attractive fusion between the glam of Bollywood and the sleekness of UK city life. The change will go across all the various highlights, such as Twin Treats, Bollywood Biggies, Movie of the Month - as well as coming to fore in the break idents - giving the channel a glamorous new identity.

The 24 hour Bollywood movies channel boasts the largest collection of Bollywood movies in the world, offering 8 movies a day. Adding to it, it has recently gone on an aggressive movie buying spree and now owns some high profile film labels. This year the channel will be treating its viewers to the biggest blockbuster releases: Don 2, Agneepath, Agent Vinod, Barfee, Heroine, Desi Boyz, Players, Joker, Michael & My Friend Pinto.

Shaney Burney, Head of Operations, ZEE Europe “We are excited to have Zee Cinema adorning a highly stunning new look. It will create a strong connect between the world of Bollywood and the Bollywood loving audience here in the UK and Europe. The revamp and the exclusive movies coming up will give us a great opportunity to add a further quality factor to what our viewers enjoy with such passion.”

Zee Cinema’s new look will be followed by the Europe TV premiere of 2012 action movie Players – on 31 March 8pm. This is followed by the tremendously successfully sequel to Farhan Akhtar’s 2006 release Don - Don 2, bringing Shah Rukh Khan and Priyanka Chopra back as the Don and detective Roma. Shot across Thailand, Berlin, Kuala Lumpur and Switzerland, the action packed film also has appearances by Om Puri, Lara Dutta and Kunal Kapoor in supporting roles. Don 2 entered the Top 10 UK Box Office on its opening day. Enjoy its premiere on 28 April, 8pm.

Coming up in May is Agneepath - remake of the 1990 Hindi film of the same name is a top grosser at the UK Top 10 Box Office. Directed by Karan Johar’s former assistant Karan Malhotra, the film has Hrithik Roshan play the role originally made famous by Amitabh Bachchan. Priyanka Chopra stars as the female lead while Sanjay Dutt clearly stole the limelight as the main villain. Rishi Kapoor takes on dark shades in this film as he plays the notorious Rauf Lala.

Check out the latest Zee Cinema offerings at www.zeetv.co.uk

Zee Cinema viewers can now enjoy break-free movies from July. From Friday 1st July, the daily 5:30pm movie will air continuously without any advert breaks, a successful strategy employed by some Hindi channels in India.

Celebrating ten years on-air in the UK, Zee Cinema has recently undergone a new look and schedule change with back-to-back movies. Zee Cinema, with its largest collection of Bollywood films in the world, now showcases 8 movies per day, with more flexible movie timings than fixed timings.

The current approximate timings are: 9am, 11:30am, 2:30pm, 5:30pm, 8:00pm, 11:00pm, 2:30am, and 5:00am.

Also this July, book Friday nights with the action hero Sanjay Dutt, with films including Vastaav and Dhamaal, every Friday at 8pm. Catch premiere movies across the month, like critically acclaimed movie Iqbaal, on 23 July, and new generation film Oye Lucky Lucky Oye, starring Abhay Deol on 30 July.

Throughout July, Zee Cinema will have you in fits of laughter with classic comedies in the evening, ranging from Heyy Baby, Hera Pheri, Billu to Wake Up Sid. Also, ‘Click The Flick’ puts the viewer in control, so this month it lets you can choose between Chance Pe Dance, Chor Machaye Shor and Dhoonte Rah Jaoge. Get voting now on www.zeetv.co.uk to watch your choice on the last Thursday of the month, 28 July.

Hot on the heels of the successful launch of its fifth channel Zee Café and recent announcement of record-breaking subscriber growth, Zee Network is now revamping Zee Punjabi, the specialist, general entertainment channel aimed at the Punjabi community.

The rebrand kicks-off this week, with the unveiling of the new logo and the introduction of a new tagline Apni Boli, Apna Maan. But it doesn’t stop there!

The new look Zee Punjabi offers great, new content. Highlights include:

• New dramas including: o Sarhadein - a love story of an Indian girl and a Pakistani boy who fall in love with each other while studying in Kuala Lumpur. Will their parents be able to accept their relationship once they go back to India and Pakistan? o Akhiyan Ton Door Jayeen Na - Family drama, emotions, action and comedy. Directed by renowned film maker Gurbir Singh Grewal.

• New travel documentary o Sadde Pind Rab Vasda - Cultural panorama in a magazine format done never before. In an era where urbanisation dominates our lifestyle, this show takes viewers back to their rural roots in the search of the authentic identities of each ‘pind’ (village).

• New blockbuster Punjabi films including: o Munde UK De starring Jimmy Shergill and Gurpreet Guggi o Ji Aaya Nu starring Harbhajan Mann o Nanak Dhukiya Sab Sansar starring Dara Singh, Balraj Sahni, and Prithviraj Kapoor o Des Hoyaa Pardes starring Gurdas Mann and Juhi Chawla

• New devotional programme - Ek Onkaar

The real treat for viewers is that they can watch it all for free as Zee Punjabi will be free-to-air from 16th August to 5th September. “Since the launch of our Punjabi channel in 2002 we have always endeavoured to cater for the specific needs of the Punjabi community.Whilst Gurbani from the Golden Temple remains at the heart of the channel to ensure a religious connection, we wanted to build on this and offer even more programmes rich in Punjabi culture. We believe a channel rebrand should be more than just a new logo, it should offer viewers something new and different and Zee Punjabi will deliver on all fronts,” said Govind Shahi, Head of Business, Zee Network, Europe.

With even more new content planned for later this year, the continued investment in Zee Punjabi demonstrates Zee Network’s commitment to delivering the best in Punjabi entertainment to the Punjabi community in the UK.

Zee Punjabi will be free-to-air from 16th August to 5th September on Sky channel 798

Bollywood Business is constantly presenting bollywood’s hottest stars and current sensations to the audience. This time around they line up actor Abhay Deol in conversation with anchor Komal Nath.

The unconventional charmer Abhay Deol is all set to charm his fans with his upcoming flick – Aisha. Abhay revealed to anchor Komal Nahta that he does not want to tread the oft beaten track, rather offbeat movies with interesting original ideas. “Forget about becoming a star, become an actor first,” fires Abhay. He further elaborates, “I can get into a niche and come out of it. I don’t want to be in any particular niche.”

Tagged as the poster boy of crossover films, Abhay is now coming with a conventional comic love story Aisha. Working with Sonam Kapoor? “Both Sonam and her sister are like cartoons,” said Abhay, with a twinkle in his eyes.

Watch the latest Bollywood reviews and interviews on Bollywood Business Mon-Fri @ 1pm – only on Zing – FREE on Sky 789 and Freesat 509

Aahh end of the week! Enjoy this afternoon with ‘Jo Bole So Nihaal’ - (2005) Story of a local cop in US who is approached by the FBI to arrest a dreaded terrorist on the most-wanted list - starring Sunny Deol of course! Later today @ 1pm on ZEE CINEMA

Movie of the Month ( ZEE Cinema )

Halla Bol - 25th Apr @ 20:00

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Movie of the Month ( ZEE Cinema )
Mumbai Meri Jaan - 28th Mar @ 20:00

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Vote for your choice of movie from

• Shaheed
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for Bobby Deol B’day Special.The film which gets maximum votes will be shown on 30 jan…09..

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