''Jaago Bahey'' is a Bangladeshi

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

Chorki Chorki is a Bangladeshi subscription-based over-the-top media service owned by Transcom Group via Prothom Alo subsidiary of Mediastar Limited, and it was launched on 12 July 2021. The service shows original content and content from other provid ...

. 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 The Bengali language movement was a political movement in East Bengal (modern-day Bangladesh) in 1952, advocating the recognition of the Bengali language as a co-lingua franca of the then-Dominion of Pakistan to allow its use in government ...

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, initially called the Mukti Fauj, also known as the Bangladesh Forces, was a big tent armed guerrilla resistance movement consisting of the Bangladeshi military personnel, paramilitary personnel and civilians during the Ba ...

and

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during the

Bangladesh Liberation War The Bangladesh Liberation War (, ), also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence, was an War, armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Bengali nationalism, Bengali nationalist and self-determination movement in East Pakistan, which res ...

in 1971.

Cast

Episode 1 - Shobder Khowab

Chanchal Chowdhury Suchinta Chowdhury Chanchal (born June 1, 1974), better known as Chanchal Chowdhury (), , is a Bangladeshi actor. He gained recognition with television roles in late 2000s, and went on to become one of the most popular leading men of Cinema of B ...

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. In 2023 he performe ...

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

Episode 2 - Lights, Camera…Objection

* Mostafa Monwar as Zahir Raihan * Intekhab Dinar as Maj. Gen. Rao Farman Ali *

Aparna Ghosh Aparna Ghosh (born 25 September) 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). Early lif ...

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, released 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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