Jaago Bahey Explained

Genre:	Historical drama
Creator:	Siddiq Ahmed & Sukorno Shahed Dhiman
Director:	Siddiq Ahmed Saleh Sobhan Auneem Sukorno Shahed Dhiman
Starring:	Chanchal Chowdhury Mostafa Monwar
Music:	Ruslan Rehman Rasheed Sharif Shoaib MG Kibria
Country:	Bangladesh
Language:	Bangla
Num Seasons:	1
Num Episodes:	3
Producer:	Redoan Rony
Cinematography:	Suman Sarker Barkat Hossain Polash Tanveer Ahmed Shovon
Editor:	Saleh Sobhan Auneem Abdullah Al Mamun Sazal Alok
Runtime:	30 minutes
Company:	Film Noir
Network:	Chorki^[1]
Last Aired:	^[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

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	^[8]
	Best Editing (popular category)	Saleh Sobhan Auneem
	Best Director (critics' category)	Sukorno Shahed Dhiman

External links

• Jaago Bahey on Chorki

Notes and References

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