''Bohubrihi'' is a Bangladeshi television

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created by

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, which aired on

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from 1988, to 1989. Adapted from the novel by the same name, the series quickly gained widespread popularity for its engaging storyline, memorable characters, and insightful commentary on societal norms and human relationships. Set in

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, the capital city of

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, ''Bohubrihi'' follows the lives of a diverse group of characters, each grappling with their own struggles, aspirations, and interpersonal dynamics. ''Bohubrihi'' is considered a timeless classic from the 90s cable-tv era in Bangladesh.

Premise

The main characters of the Sitcom is Mr. Sobhan, who is a wealthy retired family person living with his family in

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in a house named "Niribili". And the main characteristics of this person is he is always involve in finding social and cultural problems around him, but unfortunately all his plan fails at the end as almost every problems he found had nothing to do with the reality. He loves to write down the problems in a big note books and his wife Minu was always irritated with that. Mr. Anis was a tenant in his house, who is a widower having two children, only thing he was good at was giving people a good suggestion. All the problems identified by Mr. Sobhan was always criticized by Mr. Anis, until one day when Mr. Sobhan came up with the idea to work with the names of the martyrs of 1971

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Cast

The major casts of the drama serial were as follows. *

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as Mr. Sobhan * Aleya Ferdousi as Minu, Mr. Sobhan's wife * Aly Zaker as Farid Mama * Lutfun Nahar Lota as Mili * Nahid Zaman as Bilu * Asaduzzaman Noor as Anis *

Afzal Sharif Career Sharif started his acting career as a stage actor in 1984. He performed regularly at stages until 1995. He debuted his television career through '' Bohubrihi'' drama serial in 1988. His first released film was '' Padma Nadir Majhi'' (1992). ...

as Kader * Mahmuda Khatun as Rahima's mother * Torsha Khan as Togor * Rehnuma Tarannum as Nisha * Lucky Enam as Esha *

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as Doctor * Abul Khair as Emdad Khondokar * Nazmul Huda Bachchu as Karim * Dipa Islam as Putul

References

1988 Bangladeshi television series debuts 1989 Bangladeshi television series endings 1980s Bangladeshi television series Bangladeshi drama television series Bengali-language television programming in Bangladesh Bangladesh Television original programming {{Bangladesh-tv-stub