Chorki’s anthology series ‘Jago Bahey’ features stellar cast

Streaming platform Chorki has revealed the motion logo of a new anthology series titled ‘Jago Bahey’ based on a few fictional stories in the context of 1952, 1970 and 1971 featuring a star-studded cast including Chanchal Chowdhury, Mostofa Monwar, Gazi Rakayet, Lutfur Rahman George, Intekhab Dinar and Aparna Ghosh.

Chorki also posted a video sharing the logo of ‘Jago Bahey’ on their official Facebook page on Sunday.

There will be three episodes in this anthology series which will depict three different stories based on the events of 1952, 1970 and 1971. The three episodes titled, ‘Shobder Joyar’ based on 1952 which will be directed by Siddique Ahmed, ‘Light, Camera, Objection’ based on 1970, directed by Saleh Sobhan Auneem and ‘Jhongkar Boy’, based on 1971, directed by Shukorno Shahed Dhiman.

The motion poster started with a voice-over of Chanchal Chowdhury uttering a dialogue that can be translated in English as— “What is the first duty of a student? To study. Then why have you come to the procession?”

‘Shobder Joyar’ will be featuring Chanchal Chowdhury in the lead role. It will depict the situation of a government office in 1952 and how the language movement affects them.

Chanchal told The Business Post, “The storyline of my episode will be completely based on the Language Movement of 1952. This episode will portray the situation of an office at that time and how the employers and their boss dealt with the Language Movement and some other events.”

“If I tell all the plots and characters now, then there will be no surprise. I request the audience to subscribe to Chorki and watch the series,” Chanchal said declining to disclose anything about his character.

‘Light, Camera, Objection’ will be featuring Mostafa Monwar, Intekhab Dinar, Aparna Ghosh, Gazi Rakayet in pivotal roles. The episode will depict the debates and events around the film ‘Jibon Theke Neya’ directed by Zahir Raihan.

Mostafa said, “The episode will depict the fictional events between Zahir Raihan and the censor board when the censor board rejected the film ‘Jibon Theke Neya’ in 1970. Though the episode is based on true events, we have tried to portray the debates between Zahir Raihan and the censor board in a fictional way. Through ‘Jibon Theke Neya’, Zahir Raihan tried to tell the audience about the oppression of the Pakistanis, in a satirical way. We have tried to capture those emotions and social situations of that time in ‘Light, Camera, Objection’.”

The series will be released in Chorki in December.