Zee Entertainment elevates Bavesh Janavlekar to Head of Zee Studio, Marathi

New Delhi: Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEEL) has appointed Bavesh Janavlekar as the Business Head, Marathi Films, Zee Studio. 

With this appointment, Janavlekar will oversee the entire Marathi movie division, which includes Zee Talkies, Zee Yuva, Zee Chitramandir, and now, Zee Studio Marathi.

Janavlekar brings over 26 years of experience across media, entertainment, and FMCG sectors.

After joining as Marketing Head for Zee Marathi and Zee Talkies, he was promoted to Business Head of Zee Talkies. He has been instrumental in the success of Zee Talkies, Zee Yuva, and Zee Chitramandir, the latter two channels launched under his guidance. 

In his expanded role, Janavlekar will continue to manage Zee Talkies, Zee Yuva, and Zee Chitramandir, while also taking on the leadership of Zee Studio Marathi. He will be overseeing content production, acquisition, and distribution.

Janavlekar has been a driving force behind concepts like the Zee Talkies Comedy Awards and Sangeet Samrat. He started the Talkies Lighthouse short film contest and the Talkies Kathayan script writing contest. He introduced the modern drama "Rudram" and the musical show "Sargam.”