Zee Classic is a Hindi movie channel that shows old movies released before the 2000s. A similar channel is Sony Max 2 , which shows Hindi movies released until the mid-2000s.
Zee Classic was launched in March 28, 2005 along with Zee Action and the now-defunct Zee Premier . It was shut down in August 2018 and replaced by Zee Bollywood , but was resurrected in May 2019.
2005–2011 [ ] 2011–2015 [ ] 2015–2016 [ ] Zee Classic was rebranded in 2015 by the Argentine design agency Steinbranding, which had also rebranded Sony Sab and NDTV Good Times in 2013.
2017 [ ] As with other Zee channels, the gap in the top right corner of the Z was closed, and the swoosh within it was modified.
2017–2018 [ ] 2019–2025 [ ] Zee Classic was rebranded to Zee Bollywood on 31 August 2018. However, Zee Classic was resurrected on 15 May 2019 as a standalone channel.
2025–present [ ]
Typography: Boutique Sans S Medium (modified, Z) (Classic)
Part of Essel Group Indian TV channels: Hindi: Entertainment: Zee TV , &TV , Anmol TV and Big Magic | Zindagi 1 | Movies: Zee Cinema , &Pictures , Zee Bollywood , Zee Classic , &Xplor HD , Zee Action , Anmol Cinema and Anmol Cinema 2 | Music/youth: Zing
English: Entertainment: Zee Café | Movies: &Flix and &Privé HD | Lifestyle: Zee Zest
Regional languages: Entertainment channels: Tamil: Zee Tamil | Telugu: Zee Telugu | Kannada: Zee Kannada | Malayalam: Zee Keralam | Bengali: Zee Bangla and Zee Bangla Sonar | Marathi: Zee Marathi and Zee Yuva | Odia: Zee Sarthak | Punjabi: Zee Punjabi Movie channels: Tamil: Zee Thirai | Telugu: Zee Cinemalu | Kannada: Zee Power | Marathi: Zee Talkies and Zee Chitramandir | Bhojpuri: Zee Biskope
News channels: (Zee Media Corp. )Hindi national: Zee News | Zee Bharat | Zee Business | English: WION | Hindi regional: Zee Delhi NCR Haryana | Zee Uttar Pradesh/Uttarakhand | Zee Rajasthan | Zee Madhya Pradesh/Chhattisgarh | Zee Bihar/Jharkhand | Gujarati: Zee 24 Kalak | Bengali: Zee 24 Ghanta | Marathi: Zee 24 Taas | Urdu/Hindi: Zee J&K Ladakh | Salaam TV | Punjabi/Hindi: Zee Punjab/Haryana/Himachal | Kannada: Zee Kannada News | Telugu: Zee Telugu News
Digital news channels: Tamil: Zee Tamil News | Malayalam: Zee Malayalam News | Odia: Zee Odisha News
Upcoming channels: Zee Power (Kannada) | Zee 24 Ghanta North East (Assamese)
Unlaunched channels: Zee Rang | Zee Chanderi | Zee Josh
International channels: Arab world: Zee Aflam (movies) and Zee Alwan (entertainment) | United States: Zee Smile | Canada: Zee TV Canada | Latin America: Zee Mundo and Zee Bollyworld | Russia: Zee TV | Thailand: Zee Nung | Indonesia: Zee Bioskop | Vietnam: Zee Phim | Philippines: Zee Sine and Zee Bollymovies | South Africa/Subsaharan Africa: Zee World , Zee One , Zee Bollynova , Zee Zonke and Zee Family | Kenya: Zee Dunia | Ethiopia: Zee Alem | Francophone Africa: Zee Magic | Germany: Zee One | United Kingdom: Zee Punjabi
Non-television businesses: Film production: Zee Studios and Zee Studios International | Music label: Zee Music Company | Theatrical production: Zee Theatre | Live events: Zee Live | Media marketing: Zee Melt | Licensing and syndication arm for international markets: Zee Global Content Sales Other properties: Zee Digital | Zee Educare | Zee Learn | Zee Family.TV | Zee International | Z5X Technology | Zee R.I.S.E | Zee What's Next
Video-on-demand services: Streaming platforms: India: ZEE5 (Club | Kids | Premium | Zindagi 1 ) | Latin America and US Hispanic: Zee Mundo Play Pay-per-view cinema: Zee Plex
Defunct channels: Hindi: Entertainment: Zindagi 1 (as a TV channel), Zee Next , 9X and Zee Smile | Movies: Zee Premier | Music: Zee ETC Bollywood | Devotional: Zee Jagran | Lifestyle: Zee Khana Khazana | Shopping: Asian Sky Shop , and EZ Mall English: Movies: Zee Studio and Zee Select | Lifestyle: Zee Trendz , Living Foodz , Living Travelz and Living Zen | Kids’: ZeeQ | Sports: Zee Sports Regional languages: Zee ETC Punjabi (Punjabi) | Zee Gujarati (Gujarati) | Zee 24 Gantalu (Telugu) | Zee Odisha (Odia) | Zee Vajwa (Marathi) | Zee Ganga (Bhojpuri) | Zee Bangla Cinema (Bengali) | Zee Picchar (Kannada)International channels: Zee Lamhe | Zee Hiburan (Indonesia) | Zee Variasi (Malaysia)
Divested channels: Ten Sports Network 2 Ten 1 (Ten Sports) | Ten 2 (Ten Action) | Ten 3 (Ten Cricket) | Ten Golf Other channels: Z Living 3
Notes
1 Discontinued as satellite channel in 2017. Relaunched as a service channel on DTH platforms in 2022.
2 Sold to Sony Pictures Networks India .
3 Sold to NIA Broadcasting.
