Jaago Bahey

Bangladeshi anthology period drama streaming television series

Anthology
Historical drama

Created bySiddiq Ahmed & Sukorno Shahed DhimanWritten by

Siddiq Ahmed
Shuhan Rizwan
Sukorno Shahed Dhiman

Directed by

Siddiq Ahmed
Saleh Sobhan Auneem
Sukorno Shahed Dhiman

Starring

Chanchal Chowdhury
Mostafa Monwar

Music byRuslan Rehman
Rasheed Sharif Shoaib
MG KibriaCountry of originBangladeshOriginal languageBanglaNo. of seasons1No. of episodes3ProductionProducerRedoan RonyCinematographySuman Sarker
Barkat Hossain Polash
Tanveer Ahmed ShovonEditors

Saleh Sobhan Auneem
Abdullah Al Mamun
Sazal Alok

Running time30 minutesProduction companyFilm NoirOriginal releaseNetworkChorki^[1]Release9 December (2021-12-09) –
23 December 2021 (2021-12-23)^[2]

Jaago Bahey is a Bangladeshi anthology historical drama streaming television series created by Siddiq Ahmed and Sukorno Shahed Dhiman for Chorki.^[3] It premiered on 9 December 2021 and ran for three episodes, concluding on 23 December 2021.^[4]

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 Military regime of Pakistan. The last episode of the series, Bunker Boy, is based on the fight between Mukti Bahini and Pakistan Army during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.

Cast

Episode 1 - Shobder Khowab

Chanchal Chowdhury as Illyas
Farhana Hamid as Illyas's wife
Lutfur Rahman George 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
Gazi Rakayet
Ashoke Bepari
Kazi Delowar Hemonto
Apurba Majumder
Mir Naufel Ashrafi Jisan as Amjad Hossain

Episode 3 - Bunker Boy

Abdullah Al Sentu

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"Shobder Khowab"	Siddiq Ahmed	Siddiq Ahmed	9 December 2021 (2021-12-09)
2	"Lights, Camera…Objection"	Saleh Sobhan Auneem	Shuhan Rizwan	16 December 2021 (2021-12-16)
3	"Bunker Boy"	Sukorno Shahed Dhiman	Sukorno Shahed Dhiman	23 December 2021 (2021-12-23)

Release

Jaago Bahey debuted on 9 December 2021, releasing weekly on Thursdays and consists of 3 episodes.^[5]

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".^[6] 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".^[7]

Awards

Award Title	Category	Awardee	Result	Ref
Blender's Choice–The Daily Star Awards	Best Supporting Female Actor (popular category)	Aparna Ghosh	Won	^[8]
	Best Editing (popular category)	Saleh Sobhan Auneem
	Best Director (critics' category)	Sukorno Shahed Dhiman

References

^ "Chorki's anthology series 'Jago Bahey' features stellar cast". The Business Post. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
^ "Chorki's 'Jago Bahey' to highlight language movement, liberation war". The Business Standard. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
^ "চরকিতে 'জাগো বাহে'". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 8 December 2021.
^ "Mostafa Monwar to play Zahir Raihan in anthology series 'Jago Bahey'". The Daily Star. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
^ "Nagad offers 50% discount on Chorki subscription". The Independent. 8 December 2021.
^ "Series Review: Jaago Bahey (2021) by Siddiq Ahamed, Saleh Sobhan Auneem, Sukorno Shahed Dhiman". Asian Movie Plus. 5 January 2022.
^ "Jaago Bahey: Telling more than just stories". The Business Standard. 17 January 2022.
^ "Full winners' list for Blender's Choice-The Daily Star Awards 2021". The Daily Star. 4 September 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.