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ZEE LIVE’s Supermoon launches “Live to Home” on ZEE5
MUMBAI: Entertainment is a very important element of people’s lives. Be it commuting, office breaks or staycations at home, we all need some entertainment to keep us engaged and stimulated. It boosts our energy and desire to do everything that we need to do. As people stay indoors and look for ways to keep themselves happy, ZEE LIVE in collaboration with ZEE5, India’s Entertainment Super-app, will offer the best of content under Supermoon “Live to Home” curated specially for the ZEE5 subscribers.
Supermoon, with “Live to Home”, will offer a daily dose of refreshing and engaging content on Entertainment, Fitness, and Food in the comfort and safety of your home. The content will be exclusively available on ZEE5 from April 03-07, 2020.
Supermoon “Live to Home” houses your favourite celebrity creators. The highlights include:
· Fitness Hour (7 am to 8 am) – Home workouts with experts like Mandira Bedi, Prashant Sawant, Rakesh Udiyar and Shivoham, Yoga by Anushka Parwani and Rupal Sidhpura, Diet & Nutrition by Luke Coutinho and Rujuta Diwekar, Pilates by Namrata Purohit, and Mental wellbeing by Vrinda Mehta.
· Food (12 pm to 12.30 pm): Home recipes made easy with Chefs like Kunal Kapur, Rakesh Raghunathan, and Sanjyot Keer.
· Entertainment (8 pm to 9 pm) – Unplugged music by Jasleen Royal, Folk Music by Mame Khan, Songs by Dr. Palash Sen and Sukhbir, Percussions by Bickram Ghosh and Storytelling by Annu Kapoor.
Supermoon Live to Home aims to encourage social distancing while keeping you positively engaged and entertained. Enhancing the entertainment experience for users, special sets will be created to stream the content live. Users will also get an opportunity to watch their favourite celebrity creators create and perform in an informal set-up.
Swaroop Banerjee, COO and Business Head, ZEE LIVE, said: “ZEE LIVE was started with a dream of bringing you the best of live entertainment experiences across culture, education, music, and comedy. In difficult times like these, we still want to live up to, and deliver on our promise to keep you safe at home, and at the same time, being engaged with us. We are glad to announce our scintillating offerings for our family of fans and subscribers of ZEE5 with daily two hours of content on entertainment, food, and fitness. I would like to thank all the talent which has come together to keep you engaged with us.”
Tarun Katial, CEO, ZEE5 India said, “We have seen a spike across key metros with audiences continuing to consume a wide variety of content across languages on ZEE5. We are excited to collaborate with ZEE LIVE to bring the best-in-class content to our subscribers anytime and across devices. We hope our new offerings will help in keeping our viewers engaged and entertained while they are safe at their homes.”
Shivoham quoted, "I am excited to be part of this new initiative by ZEE LIVE which will be streamed on ZEE5. Let us all come together and conquer this phase while keeping ourselves fit! Let's make use of this time and learn the new way of workouts which are easy to do at your home ."
Mandira Bedi said, “Live to Home is a wonderful initiative by ZEE LIVE. I am glad to share some workout videos and motivate you'll to stay fit and safe. I would urge everyone to have a routine and use your time to exercise daily and stay positive.”
Mame Khan quoted, "Music is something which keeps us connected. I hope my music videos will be a magical experience for the entire family. I am glad to be associated with ZEE LIVE who is providing a platform to everyone to stay motivated and you can watch me perform on ZEE5"
Dr. Palash Sen said, “Our band Euphoria has been churning out music videos regularly on our YouTube channel and all social media platforms to engage with our fans. I am glad to extend our music to the subscribers of ZEE5 and ZEE LIVE for this initiative. I hope our music will spread positive vibes and keep you motivated and entertained through these difficult times.”
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Why Peaky Blinders is one of television’s biggest hits that still deserves more attention
Six seasons, multiple awards and the release of Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man bring the Shelby saga back into the spotlight
In the crowded universe of streaming content, only a handful of shows manage to leave a lasting cultural footprint. Peaky Blinders is overwhelmingly considered one of the biggest global hits of the past decade. Yet many viewers still haven’t fully explored the dark, gripping world of the Shelby family.
Originally produced for the UK’s BBC and later finding a massive global audience through Netflix, the series quietly grew from a British period drama into a worldwide streaming phenomenon.
Created by Steven Knight, the show follows the rise of the Shelby crime family in post-First World War Birmingham. What begins as a gritty street-gang story gradually expands into a sweeping narrative about ambition, politics, power and survival.
At the centre of the saga is Thomas Shelby, portrayed with extraordinary depth by Cillian Murphy. The casting of Murphy is widely regarded as perfect for the role. With piercing eyes, restrained dialogue and an almost hypnotic screen presence, he transforms Shelby into one of the most unforgettable characters in modern screen storytelling.
Murphy’s brilliance lies in his restraint. He rarely shouts or performs theatrically. Instead, a quiet stare, a calculated pause or a subtle shift in expression conveys the emotional storms within the character. Beneath the ruthless gang leader is a war veteran carrying trauma, guilt and loneliness. Murphy captures this complexity with remarkable precision, making Thomas Shelby both terrifying and deeply human.
Beyond its central performance, Peaky Blinders stands out for its unfiltered portrayal of reality. The show does not romanticise crime. Instead, it exposes the harsh social conditions of early 20th-century Britain, from poverty and class struggle to political extremism and the psychological scars left by war.
The series also presents powerful female characters who hold their own within the Shelby empire. Polly Gray, played by Helen McCrory, is the strategic backbone of the family and one of the most formidable figures in the story. Women in the series shape decisions, influence power structures and challenge the rigid social norms of the time.
Across six seasons, the narrative grows dramatically in scale. What begins in the smoky streets of Birmingham evolves into a story involving political conspiracies, fascism and international criminal networks.
The series has also earned significant critical acclaim. It won the BAFTA Television Award for Best Drama Series in 2018 and multiple National Television Awards for Best Drama, cementing its reputation as one of Britain’s most celebrated modern shows.
Another defining feature of the series is its iconic music. The show’s opening theme, Red Right Hand by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, became instantly recognisable and widely associated with the Shelby universe. Combined with a powerful soundtrack featuring artists such as Arctic Monkeys and Radiohead, the music helped shape the show’s dark, stylish identity and became hugely popular among fans.
And the Shelby story is not over yet.
In fact, its legacy is unfolding right now. The long-awaited feature-length continuation, Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, was released on March 6, 2026, bringing the Shelby universe from streaming screens to cinemas and giving fans a new chapter in the saga.
For viewers who have not yet stepped into this world, the timing could not be better.
Six gripping seasons are ready to binge on Netflix. A new film has just arrived in theatres. And at the heart of it all stands one of the most magnetic performances in modern drama by Cillian Murphy.
So if Peaky Blinders has been sitting on your watchlist for years, this weekend is your moment.
So, by order of the Peaky fookin’ Blinders, consider this your cue to finally step into the ruthless world of Thomas Shelby. Pour yourself a drink, clear your schedule and press the play button. Because when the Peaky Blinders give an order, you listen.
