The series will be streamed on Zee5
Fireflies- Parth Aur Jugnu
Last Updated: 10.11 PM, Apr 20, 2023
The National award-winning filmmaker Hemant Gaba is now all set to captivate the attention of the audiences yet again. This time round, with the original fantasy drama series titled ‘Fireflies – Parth aur Jugnu’. Touted to be one of the most creative series so far, ‘Fireflies – Parth aur Jugnu’ will be streamed on Zee5. While the series has been written by Alok Sharma, it stars Meeet 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 key roles.
Spekaing about the series, Hemant Gaba said, “We hope ‘Fireflies - Parth aur Jugnu’ will turn out to be a dark horse in the web space and encourage both OTT platforms and production agencies to venture into fantasy genre targeted at kids, teenagers and family audiences”. On the other hand, Manish Kalra (Chief Business Officer- ZEE5 India) said, “Fantasy fiction enjoys immense popularity amongst young audience, and with ‘Fireflies’, we aim to delight the viewers with a unique story. Fireflies combines mythology with action-packed adventure and important life lessons in an immersive way which is bound to entertain and educate the younger audience. We are excited for the viewers to experience this one-of-a-kind fantasy series only on ZEE5”.
As for the series, ‘Fireflies – Parth aur Jugnu’ will be reportedly centering around Parth (Meet Mukhi), a down-and-out fourteen-year-old kid. He then, meets Jugnu (Aekam Binjwe), who happens to be a mystical kid from the haunted forest of Bheem Mukteshwar. What happens after the two meet is what forms the rest of the series, which has been shot in the hills of Himachal Pradesh. The series will be premiere on ZEE5 on 5th May.