Shailja Kejriwal was appointed as a Chief Creative, Special Projects at ZEEL[5] Since 2015, Zee Theatre has curated and produced over 80 acclaimed plays such as Gunehgaar, Sir Sir Sarla, Agnipankh, Ma Retire Hoti Hai, Saku Bai, Vaastav, Piya Behrupiya and Panchi Aise Aate Hai, among others.
The library also includes some of the most celebrated stories across languages such as Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi and Bengali with magnificent production and refreshing music based on contemporary taste.
[citation needed] Renowned theatre veterans like Mahesh Dattani, Makhrand Deshpande, Vijaya Mehta, Lillete Dubey, Atul Kumar, and also young stalwarts like Purva Naresh have recreated some of the most celebrated stories.
It also features stories from popular writers such as Vijay Tendulkar, Badal Sircar, Rabindranath Tagore and others, and brought them to life on the small screen.
These teleplays stars remarkable actors such as Aahana Kumra, Ashutosh Rana, Divya Dutta, Swara Bhaskar, Sonali Kulkarni, Rajeev Khandelwal, Jim Sarabh, Joy Sengupta, Shilpa Tulaskar, Himani Shivpuri, Usha Ganguly, Swastika Mukherjee, Ira Dubey, Lillete Dubey, and many others.