Zee Cinema is a Hindi satellite movie channel in India based in Mumbai

Mumbai

Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

. The channel is owned by the popular Zee Entertainment Enterprises which is a part of Essel Group

Essel Group

Essel Group is a media conglomerate company headed by Subhash Chandra based in Mumbai, Maharashtra .The companies under the group are:*Media** Zee Entertainment Enterprises** Zee News** DNA *Technology** Dish TV...

, and broadcasts in many countries around the world. The channel was formerly a part of STAR TV

STAR TV

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channel umbrella.

Zee Cinema was the first Hindi Movie Channel of India. Since the day of its inception in April 1995, the channel has gained enough strength by reaching into the hearts of Hindi movie fans residing all over Asia, United Kingdom, United States, Africa, Mauritius and many more countries. This channel is broadcast for about 24 hours a day by broadcasting around six movies and different other types of film based programming. Zee Cinema is broadcast for more than 75% of the Cable & Satellite households across India.