Songsoptok

Songsoptok
সংশপ্তক
GenreDrama
Based onSongsoptok
by Shahidullah Kaiser
Directed byAbdullah al Mamun Al Mansur, and Mohammad Abu Taher
Country of originBangladesh
Original languageBengali
No. of seasons1
Original release
NetworkBangladesh Television
Release1971 (1971)

Songsoptok (Shôngshôptôk) is a drama serial which aired on Bangladesh Television. It was first filmed in the year 1971, but filming was stopped after just four episodes as the liberation war started in March. After many years, filming restarted in 1988; but it was put on hold yet again after the widespread floods started. Filming was resumed after the floods ceased. It is based on the novel of the same name by Shahidullah Kaiser.[1]

Various actors starred in the drama, including Humayun Faridi.[1][2]

Plot overview

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The drama depicts the lives and struggles of the inhabitants of a village called Bakulia during the British Raj. The village has two influential but feuding families, the Miyas and the Syeds.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ a b সংশপ্তক ও ফরীদি [Songsoptok and Faridi] (in Bengali). Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  2. ^ স্মরণে হুমায়ুন ফরীদি, চিরনিদ্রার তিন বছর [The memory of Humayun Afridi, resting for 3 years] (in Bengali). 13 February 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Kankata Ramzan from Songsoptok to return to BTV". The Dhaka Tribune. 26 April 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Ferdousi Majumdar". The Daily Star. 5 February 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2017.