IN IMAGES. 30 photos of the media launch of Zee World's Mehek drama series in South Africa as the first to feature the inclusion of an African cast.

On Thursday evening Zee Africa held a media launch for Mehek, its adapted new drama series, filmed in India, and set to start on the Indian-focused entertainment channel Zee World (DStv 166) on Saturday, 6 April at 21:00 as the first-ever Bollywood TV production to include African actors from South Africa as part of the cast.

The landmark drama series for Zee World includes African actors Shonisani Masutha, Kamogelo Mogale, Ndaba ka Ngwane and Nomava Kibare and will broadcast 7 days a week on Zee World.

The purple-colour infused media launch took place at The Venue Green Park in Morningside, Johannesburg with the South African executives from ZEE Entertainment Enterprise Ltd. (ZEEL), the South African cast of Mehek, and media in attendance.

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