When a new title drops, most of us just hit play and worry about the subscription later. But with Saali Mohabbat (released on 12 December 2025) and Heartiley Battery (released on 16 December 2025), it’s a good moment to pause and ask a basic question:
If I’m going to watch Hindi and Tamil stories all year, should I stay on a monthly plan or move to a yearly ZEE5 subscription?
This blog keeps the answer straightforward. We’ll use Saali Mohabbat and Heartiley Battery as examples, compare annual vs monthly in plain numbers, and help you understand which option actually makes more sense for your kind of viewing.
Saali Mohabbat And Heartiley Battery: Two Releases, Two Languages, One Habit
Saali Mohabbat is a Hindi crime–thriller film directed by Tisca Chopra, starring Radhika Apte, Divyenndu, Anurag Kashyap and more, streaming from 12 December 2025. It starts as a normal small-town domestic story and slowly turns into a tense double-murder thriller. You can find all details on the movie page here: Saali Mohabbat, and explore more options from the wider Hindi movies line-up once you’re done.
Just a few days later comes Heartiley Battery, a Tamil romance + sci-fi + comedy web series about a scientist who builds a “love meter” and ends up testing her own heart. It has 6 episodes, streams in Tamil, and went live on 16 December 2025. You can start it here: Heartiley Battery, and if you enjoy Tamil storytelling, you’ll naturally move into more titles from the Tamil movies and Web Series shelves.
Very quickly, your usage stops being “just one movie and one show” and turns into a pattern: Hindi thrillers, Tamil romance, plus a mix of other Movies and TV shows through the month.
What A Monthly Plan Looks Like For This Kind Of Viewer
Let’s imagine a simple month for a typical viewer:
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You watch Saali Mohabbat once, but talk about it and maybe rewatch a few scenes.
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You start Heartiley Battery and finish its 6 episodes over 1–2 weeks.
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On weekends, you add a couple more films like Green or a light Hindi drama from the Drama movies rack.
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Someone at home follows a daily or weekly serial such as Saru.
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Maybe you can also explore another web series like Be Dune Teen in your free time.
If you’re on monthly:
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For all languages together, the monthly price is ₹299.
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For Hindi + Punjabi + Bhojpuri, the monthly price is ₹199.
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For single language packs like Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Bangla, Malayalam or Kannada, the monthly price is ₹99.
It feels small when you see just one month. The problem is:
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It repeats 12 times a year.
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Renewals can fail in the middle of a busy week.
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You may end up paying more across the year than a yearly plan, without realising it.
Annual vs Monthly: Simple Number Comparison
Now look at what happens when you compare one full year of monthly payments with the Bharatiya Bhasha Diwas annual offers.
1. All Languages Access Pack
If you and your family jump between Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and more:
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Monthly: ₹299 per month
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Full year on monthly: ₹299 × 12 = ₹3,588
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Annual offer: ₹2,099 for 12 months
So with the annual All Languages Access Pack, your effective cost becomes about ₹175 per month, and you save roughly ₹1,489 in one year.
2. Hindi + Punjabi + Bhojpuri Pack
If you are mainly watching Hindi films like Saali Mohabbat and Hindi series:
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Monthly: ₹199 per month
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Full year on monthly: ₹199 × 12 = ₹2,388
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Annual offer: ₹1,399 for 12 months
Your effective cost becomes around ₹117 per month, and you save close to ₹989 a year compared to staying on monthly. If Hindi is your main language, the natural choice is the Hindi Annual Pack.
3. Single Language Packs (Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Bangla, Malayalam, Kannada)
If you mostly watch in one language – for example, Tamil, for Heartiley Battery and other titles:
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Monthly: ₹99 per month
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Full year on monthly: ₹99 × 12 = ₹1,188
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Annual offer: ₹699 for 12 months
Here, the effective monthly cost drops to about ₹58 per month, and you save roughly ₹489 a year. For Tamil fans, that fits under the Tamil Annual Pack. Telugu viewers can apply the same logic to the Telugu Annual Pack.
What Changes In Real Life When You Go Annual?
The numbers are clear, but what do they mean in daily usage?
1. Fewer interruptions
Once you go annual, you don’t have to worry about your plan expiring on the weekend, just when you sit down to watch Saali Mohabbat or the finale of Heartiley Battery. Your viewing for the next 12 months is already covered.
2. Less payment stress
No monthly reminders, no repeated OTPs, no surprise “payment failed” pop-ups. For families where multiple people watch different shows, this peace of mind matters more than you think.
3. More freedom to explore
When you know your subscription is active for the whole year, you explore more genres – from Thriller movies to Hindi web series and beyond – without feeling that you are “wasting” your recharge.
4. Better value for long-term viewers
If you’re planning to watch regularly anyway – Saali Mohabbat, Heartiley Battery, new launches, festival specials, daily soaps – it’s simply more logical to pay once for the year and get a lower effective monthly cost.
How To Use Saali Mohabbat And Heartiley Battery To Make The Decision
You can use these two titles as a simple test for yourself:
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If you plan to watch only one movie and nothing else, a monthly plan might still feel okay.
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But if you know you will:
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Watch Saali Mohabbat,
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then Heartiley Battery,
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then at least a few more movies, web series and TV shows in Hindi or Tamil through the month,
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Then you are already behaving like a yearly viewer. In that case, an annual vs monthly comparison isn’t theoretical. The annual pack simply matches your real usage better and saves you money.
You don’t have to change how you watch. You just change how you pay.
Final Nudge While You Watch
So, the next time you open ZEE5 to play Saali Mohabbat or start Heartiley Battery, take one extra minute before pressing “Play”:
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Check which languages you and your family actually watch.
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Look at the monthly price vs the annual price for that pack.
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If the annual pack gives you a lower effective monthly cost (which it does in these offers) and you know you will keep watching, switch once and be done for the year.
Plan details and prices can change over time, so it’s always a good idea to check the subscription page and grab the value that’s currently live. One small decision now can give you 12 months of uninterrupted Hindi, Tamil and other Indian-language stories – without you ever having to think about renewals again.
Bio of Author: Gayatri Tiwari is an experienced digital strategist and entertainment writer, bringing 20+ years of content expertise to one of India’s largest OTT platforms. She blends industry insight with a passion for cinema to deliver engaging, trustworthy perspectives on movies, TV shows and web series.
