''Eisob Dinratri'' (') is a 1985 Bangla family-drama written by

Humayun Ahmed Humayun Ahmed ( Help:IPA/Bengali, �umajuːn aɦmed 13 November 1948 – 19 July 2012) was a Bangladeshi novelist, Playwdramatist, screenwriter, filmmaker, songwriter, scholar, and academic. His breakthrough was his debut novel ''Nondito Noro ...

. It aired on BTV.

Synopsis

The drama tells the story of a middle-class joint family living in the capital city

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; , ), List of renamed places in Bangladesh, formerly known as Dacca, is the capital city, capital and list of cities and towns in Bangladesh, largest city of Bangladesh. It is one of the list of largest cities, largest and list o ...

. It depicts a middle class Bangladeshi family's day-to-day life, including love, marriage, death and other issues. The story ends with the death of a young girl called Tuni due to Hodgkin disease. Viewers had demanded that its creator

save the character, but Ahmed refused to change his original story. Humayun Ahmed allegedly wrote the story to raise enough money to buy a television which was expensive back then. He stopped writing the story once his original goal had been fulfilled which later drew criticism from the actors and actresses involved in the show.

Cast

* Kazi Mehfuzul Haque as father * Dilara Zaman as mother * Bulbul Ahmed as Shafique * Dolly Johur as Neelu * Asaduzzaman Noor as Rafique * Lutfun Nahar Lata as Sharmin * Khaled Khan as Anis * Shilpi Sarkar Apu as Shahana * Nayar Sultana Lopa as Tuni * Abul Khair as Kabir Mama * Masud Ali Khan as Neelu's boss * Enamul Haque as Mr. Karim, Neelu's colleague * Abul Hayat as Dulabhai * Raisul Islam Asad as Jahir, Shahana's husband * Shuja Khondokar as Sadek Ali * Jamaluddin Hossain as Sharmin's father ;Guest appearances * Jewel Aich as himself

References

External links

* 1980s Bangladeshi television series Bangladeshi drama television series Bengali-language television programming in Bangladesh Bangladesh Television original programming {{Bangladesh-tv-stub