What is "zindagi"

Zindagi is a Hindustani word of Persian origin, which means life and it may refer to:

Zindagi is a Hindi movie produced by S. S. Vasan, Gemini Pictures and directed by Ramanand Sagar. The film stars Rajendra Kumar, Vyjayanthimala, Raaj Kumar, Prithviraj Kapoor, Mehmood, Jayant, Jeevan, Leela Chitnis and Helen. The film's music is by Shankar Jaikishan. The film remade in Tamil as Vaazhkai Padagu (1965) stars as Gemini Ganesan and Devika played lead.

Zindagi (; translation: Life) is a 1976 Hindi movie produced by Romu Sippy and directed by Ravi Tandon. The film stars Mala Sinha, Sanjeev Kumar, Vinod Mehra, Moushumi Chatterjee, Aruna Irani, Deven Verma, A. K. Hangal, Padmini Kolhapure, Keshto Mukherjee and Iftekhar. The films music is by Rajesh Roshan

Zindagi is the title of Zubeen Garg's 2007 album. The album also has Shafqat Ali Khan from Pakistan and well-known South Indian singer Chithra lending their voices himselfis by Zubeen Garg.The feat of more than 15,000 songs in 7 languages over the past 21 years certainly speaks volumes about the versatility of Zubeen Garg as a singer. But it doesn't even come close to describing his uber iconic status in north east India..It which was well received.

'Zindagi ' (Life) is a 1940 Indian Bollywood film directed by P.C. Barua. It was the highest grossing Indian film of 1940. The music, by Pankaj Mullick, features songs such as "So Ja Rajkumari" and "Jeevan Asha Hai". It starred K. L. Saigal, Jamuna, Pahari Sanyal, Shyam Laha, Sitara Devi, and Nemo. The film has been described as one of Barua's "most beautiful films, and his last for New Theatres".

The film revolves around Ratan ( K.L. Saigal) an unemployed university graduate, and his relationship with Shrimati (Jamuna), who is on the run from her cruel husband.

Zindagi (everything happens in life) written by Chaudhry Afzal Haq earned a good name in Urdu literature in Novels, historical truths, ups and downs of life for developing moral values and guidance of young generation. This book is specially for young people. Chaudhry Afzal Haq discussed every moment of life with historical truth and valuable memories. His entire work is full of teaching of moral values.

Zindagi (also known as Zindagi TV and, Zee Zindagi) is an Indian Hindi-Urdu entertainment television channel, owned by the Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEEL). It also promoted itself as a channel broadcasting short-run programming and as India's only premium Hindi-Urdu entertainment channel, rather than on-going, indefinite serials. It is the first channel to syndicate content from countries such as Pakistan, Egypt and Turkey. Launched on 23 June 2014, ZEEL invested 1 billion to launch the network.

Its syndicated Pakistani telenovela, Aunn Zara, premiered on 23 June 2014, the day the channel was launched and ended its run on Zindagi on 12 July 2014, thus, making Zindagi the first Hindi general entertainment channel in India, to end a show in 20 days. In early-May 2015, Zindagi for the first time in its history launched two shows of US origin, dubbed in Hindi-Urdu. They were Simply Beautiful, a health and beauty tips show hosted by Roni Proter, and Nirmala's Spice World, a cookery show hosted by Chef Nirmala Narine. The channel also launched its first original Indian production, Shukriya, a reality show, in early-August 2015. Shukriya provides a platform to common people to come on television, share their personal stories, and say 'thank you' to their dear and loved ones. Zindagi also formed a partnership with BIG FM 92.7 for seven weeks, starting on 27 July 2015 (nearly two weeks before Shukriya's launch), to promote Shukriya through the radio using various methods, programmes, and special segments. This promotion on BIG FM spanned across its 24 radio stations based in various cities of India.

Zindagi announced plans to venture into original fiction programming with two programmes, Bhaage Re Mann and Aadhe Adhoore. Zindagi became the first Indian channel to air Pakistani telefilms.

• Zindagi has also commissioned 6 telefilms each from Pakistan and India film makers for broadcast under the initiative Zeal for Unity Zindagi has also become the first Indian GEC to produce theatre productions in India.