Homegrown streaming giant ZEE5 has just announced its next original series. The new series is a fantasy drama, titled ‘Fireflies: Parth Aur Jugnu’. With the announcement of this series, ZEE5 steps into the dicey domain of fantasy dramas — not a very popular genre in Indian entertainment. Let’s hope ‘Fireflies: Parth Aur Jugnu’ works for ZEE5, unlike other failed fantasy dramas on other platforms.
‘Fireflies: Parth Aur Jugnu’ is directed by National award-winning filmmaker, Hemant Gaba. The director won the National Award for his much-appreciated film ‘An Engineered Dream’. The series is written by Alok Sharma, and stars Meet Mukhi, Aekam Binjwe, Madhoo Shah, Priyanshu Chaterjee, Luke Kenny, Akshat Singh, Zoya Afroz, Varun Kapoor, Harshit Bhojwani, Anaya Shivan, Riva Arora, Rahul Singh, and Hitesh Dave in pivotal roles.
The story of ‘Fireflies: Parth Aur Jugnu’ centres on a young troubled 14-year-old teenager, Parth (Meet Mukhi), who meets a mystical kid Jugnu (Aekam Binjwe) when he sets out to check for himself fables of a forest demon residing in the nearby, supposedly haunted forests of Bheem Mukteshwar. Jugnu is unlike normal kids, and has magical powers. Together the two embark on a journey full of adventure, discovery, and magic.
The series has been shot in the hills of Himachal Pradesh, and has big names associated with it. Well-known mythologist and author Devdutt Pattanaik is the script consultant for ‘Fireflies: Parth Aur Jugnu’.American comic book writer Ron Marz, who has work extensively with DC and Marvel, is on board the series as the ‘script doctor’.
‘Fireflies: Parth Aur Jugnu’ will explore diverse themes such as self-discovery, coming-of-age, teen friendship, mythology, triumph of good over evil, and more. All episodes of the series will premiere on ZEE5 on 5th May. Have a look at the teaser of ‘Fireflies: Parth Aur Jugnu’ –
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