Come May and Zee5 would be creating waves with some great stuff it has lined up for the month. Whether it’s Amitabh Bachchan’s ‘Jhund’ or the immensely popular ’The Kashmir Files’, May is going to be a huge month for Zee5.
In the first week itself, biographical sports drama ‘Jhund’ based on the life of Vijay Barse, the founder of NGO Slum Soccer, will make its way to Zee5 on May 6th, 2022. Helmed by Nagraj Manjule, the film received great critical and public acclaim on its theatrical release. ‘Jhund’ was praised for the performances, the message it sent, along with the humour and the way the film was made.
Next up is National Award winner Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri’s highly acclaimed and a blockbuster hit ‘The Kashmir Files’. The massive success of this one is nothing unknown. Whether it was critics or the masses, ‘The Kashmir Files’ touched everyone’s heart alike.
Going by their box office performance, ‘Jhund’ didn’t make it as grand as ‘The Kashmir Files’ but both the films had great word of mouth reviews. They along with Alia Bhatt’s ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’ also played a major role in revival of theatre industry in the post pandemic phase which has now been further accentuated by the gargantuan success of ‘RRR’ and ‘KGF: Chapter 2’.
Zee5 also has Vikrant Massey and Radhika Apte starrer direct-to-OTT release ‘Forensic: The Truth Lies Within’ most likely scheduled for May. It’s the Hindi remake of eponymous Malayalam film starring Tovino Thomas and Mamta Mohandas. Touted as an edge of the seat investigative thriller ‘Forensic’ is helmed by Vishal Furia (‘Chhorii’). The film was announced as part of Zee5’s April lineup but with only a week more to go for this month and no update yet, it is quite unlikely to happen.
While the digital premiere date of both ‘The Kashmir Files’ and ‘Forensic’ are yet to by revealed by Zee5, the hints dropped by the platform all indicate of their May release. While April was a good one for Zee5, May looks even more exciting. Which one are you looking forward to?