With these additions, there will be a total of nine Indian HD channels.

New content, better quality

Marc Lourdes, Vice President, Indian Channel Business, Astro said: “As we continue to offer customers relevant, high-quality entertainment, we are excited to introduce more HD content from 1 June.

"Astro Vaanavil HD (CH 201) will offer Astro and NJOI customers a better viewing experience along with new series – Tamiletchumy and Nalam Ariya Aaval, as well as more local Tamil movies, telemovies, short films, and, local Malayalam and Telugu dramas in the pipeline," he said.

Fans of legendary superstar, Rajinikanth will be able to enjoy seventy of his movies in celebration of his 70th birthday this year, ranging from his first movie 'Apoorva Raagangal' to the latest release this year, 'Darbar', on Rajini70 HD (CH 100), a pop-up channel which will be available from 1 till 30 June.

Zee Tamil HD (CH 235), one of India’s most popular channels will also be available on the Chakravarthy Pack.

Tripta Singh, Executive Vice President, Zee Network APAC, said: “It’s good to be back in Malaysia. Even better is launching our leading Tamil channel, Zee Tamil on Malaysia’s leading content provider, Astro.

"We are excited to bring the best of Tamil entertainment to the local market. Hopefully this is going to be the first of many endeavours in Malaysia,” she said.

Chakravarthy Pack customers can enjoy more HD content with Zee Tamil HD (Ch 235) in addition to Star Vijay HD (Ch 232) and Colors Tamil HD (Ch 233), which will offer premium shows like 'Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil Champs S2 'and 'Comedy Gangsters'; inspiring talk show, 'Tamizha Tamizha'; variety shows including cooking show, 'Anjarai Petti'; exciting game shows 'Genes S9' and 'Super Mom S2'; and special effects-laden epics, as well as dramas including 'Sri Vishnu Dasavatharam', 'Rettai Roja' and 'Oru Oorla Oru Rajakumari'.

In light of the recent upgrade of Chakravarthy Pack to HD, SD channels i.e. Raj TV, Jaya TV and Kalaignar TV will no longer be available on the pack.