EXCLUSIVE: South Asian-focused streamer ZEE5 World will roll out Sooraj R. Barjatya’s first function in seven years on January 6, 2023.
ZEE5 snapped up streaming rights to the movie, which stars Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan amongst others, in November. It’s already in cinemas in India and can roll out in 190+ territories on ZEE5 World subsequent month.
Uunchai marks director Barjatya’s first movie since 2015 Salman Khan blockbuster Prem Ratan Dhan Payo and is billed as a “heart-warming story of friendship.”
Produced by Rajshri Productions in affiliation with Mahaveer Jain Movies and Boundless Media, it follows the journey of three aged pals, Amit (Bachchan), Javed (Boman Irani) and Om (Anupam Kher), who resolve to embark on a trek to the Everest Base Camp to fulfil the want of their late buddy Bhupen (Danny Dengzongpa).
“Uunchai is a labor of seven years of ardour, hard-work and above all, love and after a profitable run on the box-office, it would now stream on ZEE5 from 6 January, so I enchantment to all our followers to start out the brand new yr with this movie which is a heartfelt ode to friendship,” mentioned Barjatya.
Archana Anand, Chief Enterprise Officer, ZEE5 World, added: “2022 has been a particularly thrilling yr for us at ZEE5 World with a sequence of blockbuster launches successful hearts throughout international locations. We are actually glad to start out off the brand new yr with the world digital premiere of Amitabh Bachchan starrer Uunchai.
“The movie is a heart-warming story of friendship and brings collectively a number of the greatest names of Indian cinema in a single body. This film is bound to resonate with our diaspora viewers throughout the globe and encourage them to see the brand new yr as a chance to dream massive and scale newer heights.”
