Fantasy drama collection Fireflies: Parth Aur Jugnu will begin streaming on Zee5 from Might 5, the platform introduced on Wednesday.
Directed by Nationwide Award winner Hemant Gaba and written by Alok Sharma, the present stars Meet Mukhi, Aekam Binjwe, Madhoo Shah, Priyanshu Chatterjee, Luke Kenny, Akshat Singh, Zoya Afroz, Varun Kapoor, Harshit Bhojwani, Anaya Shivan, Riva Arora, Rahul Singh, and Hitesh Dave.
Fireflies centres round Parth (Mukhi), a down-and-out 14-year-old, who meets Jugnu (Binjwe), a mystical child from the haunted forest of Bheem Mukteshwar.
“Collectively they embark on a journey filled with action-packed journey, self-discovery, and bedtime tales. Shot within the hills of Himachal Pradesh, this coming-of-age collection unravels feelings like teenage friendship, exploration, mythology and life classes of excellent versus evil,” learn the synopsis.
“We hope Fireflies: Parth Aur Jugnu will change into a darkish horse within the internet house and encourage each OTT platforms and manufacturing businesses to enterprise into fantasy genres focused at youngsters, youngsters and household audiences,” mentioned Gaba in an announcement.
Manish Kalra, Chief Enterprise Officer, Zee5 India mentioned the streaming platform goals to please the viewers with a singular story in Fireflies.
“Fireflies combines mythology with action-packed journey and essential life classes in an immersive means which is certain to entertain and educate the youthful viewers. We’re excited for the viewers to expertise this one-of-a-kind fantasy collection solely on Zee5,” Kalra mentioned.
Whereas Fireflies is primarily for teenagers, the collection will attraction to each age group, mentioned Shah.
“… the problems it raises are very relatable throughout generations, and the teachings come out of not simply age and expertise however are imparted by tales from Indian mythology that just like the fireflies mild up the darkness in each means. That, I believe, is the USP,” she added.
Mythologist and writer Devdutt Pattanaik serves because the script guide on the collection with American comedian guide author Ron Marz, who has labored extensively with DC and Marvel Studios, on board because the script physician on Fireflies.
