Jaago Bahey

Jaago Bahey 2021

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An anthology series consisting of three episodes: unheard stories from the history of Bangladesh (then East Pakistan), set in distinct timelines of 1952 (Shobder Khowab), 1970 (Lights, Camera...Objection) and 1971 (Bunker Boy)

2021

Lights, Camera...Objection

Lights, Camera...Objection 2021

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Second episode of the anthology series 'Jaago Bahey', set in 1970s Bangladesh. A filmmaker is put under the trial of the Pakistani Censor board. The regime tries to control both the artist and the art. Will he succumb to their demand?

2021

Shobder Khowab

Shobder Khowab 2021

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First episode of the anthology series 'Jaago Bahey' set during the 1952 Bhasa Andolan (Language Movement) in Bangladesh, then East Pakistan. A story about an office and its employee's daily office life, where the ordinary becomes unbearable due to the imposed restrictions of the regime.

2021

Bunker Boy

Bunker Boy 2021

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Third episode of the anthology series 'Jaago Bahey', set during the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971. A war-torn nation. Two men from the opposite end of the spectrum meet in a bunker. One a Bengali boy and the other a Baluch soldier. One a hunter; other a prey. Both want to survive.

2021