''Jaago Bahey'' is a Bangladeshi

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streaming television series created by Siddiq Ahmed and Sukorno Shahed Dhiman for

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. It premiered on 9 December 2021 and ran for three episodes, concluding on 23 December 2021.

Premise

''Jaago Bahey'' is a historical drama anthology television series based on some important events in pre-independent Bangladesh. The first episode, ''Shobder Khowab,'' is based on the Bengali language movement in 1952. The second episode, ''Lights, Camera... Objection'' has framed the political tension between East Pakistan (later Bangladesh) and the West (later Pakistan) in 1970 through a Bengali filmmaker and a General of the

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of Pakistan. The last episode of the series, ''Bunker Boy,'' is based on the fight between

Mukti Bahini The Mukti Bahini ( bn, মুক্তিবাহিনী, translates as 'freedom fighters', or liberation army), also known as the Bangladesh Forces, was the guerrilla resistance movement consisting of the Bangladeshi military, paramilitary ...

and

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during the

Bangladesh Liberation War The Bangladesh Liberation War ( bn, মুক্তিযুদ্ধ, , also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence, or simply the Liberation War in Bangladesh) was a revolution and War, armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Benga ...

in 1971.

Cast

Episode 1 - Shobder Khowab

Chanchal Chowdhury Suchinta Chowdhury Chanchal ( bn, সুচিন্ত চৌধুরী চঞ্চল), known as Chanchal Chowdhury ( bn, চঞ্চল চৌধুরী), is a Bangladeshi actor. Critically acclaimed for his performances in ''Rupkothar ...

as Illyas * Farhana Hamid as Illyas's wife *

Lutfur Rahman George Lutfur Rahman George (born 1 July 1963) is a Bangladeshi television and film actor. He has worked in films like Aguner Poroshmoni and Aynabaji. He is currently the organizational editor of Actors’ Equity Bangladesh. Career Lutfur started his ...

as Boss * A K Azad Shetu as Altaf * Khalid Mahbub Turjo as Iqbal

Episode 2 - Lights, Camera…Objection

Mostafa Monwar Mostafa Monwar (born Mostafa Monwar Al-Azim) is a Bangladeshi actor, writer, and screenwriter known for starring as the protagonist in ''Live from Dhaka'', for which he received 2016 Singapore International Film Festival awards for Best Perfo ...

as Zahir Raihan *

Intekhab Dinar Intekhab Dinar is a popular Bangladeshi actor known for starring in the Ekushey Television tv series ''Bondhone'' and Chorki series '' Unoloukik''. Early life The paternal grandfather of Dinar owned Purabi, a movie theater in Mymensingh. Career ...

as Maj. Gen. Rao Farman Ali *

Aparna Ghosh Aparna Ghosh is a Bangladeshi actress, theater artist and model. She won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress twice for her roles in the films ''Mrittika Maya'' (2013) and '' Gondi'' (2020). Career Ghosh debuted in the film ...

Gazi Rakayet Gazi Rakayet is a Bangladeshi actor, director and writer. He is the recipient of various accolades, including 10 Bangladesh National Film Awards (with two for Best Director) for the films ''Mrittika Maya'' (2013), '' Anil Bagchir Ekdin '' (2015) ...

* Ashoke Bepari * Kazi Delowar Hemonto * Apurba Majumder * Mir Naufel Ashrafi Jisan as Amjad Hossain

Episode 3 - Bunker Boy

* Abdullah Al Sentu

Episodes

Release

''Jaago Bahey'' debuted on 9 December 2021, releasing weekly on Thursdays and consists of 3 episodes.

Reception

Panos Kotzathanasis of ''Asian Movie Plus'' wrote: "the quality of the series is definitely much above the average TV series, both in context and production values, with the second episode thriving on the first aspect and the third in the second, although the quality is evident in all three". In her review for ''The Business Standard'' Fatima Nujhat Quaderi described ''Jaago Bahey'' as, "Chorki's new original miniseries 'Jaago Bahey' comes like a breath of fresh air that can teach the new generation about the Liberation War of 1971 that gave birth to the independent nation of Bangladesh".

Awards

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External links

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