August 14 (TV series)
| August 14 | |
|---|---|
 Title card | |
| Bengali | আগস্ট ১৪ |
| Genre | Crime Thriller Drama |
| Written by | Shihab Shaheen |
| Directed by | Shihab Shaheen |
| Starring | See below |
| Country of origin | Bangladesh |
| Original language | Bengali |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Producers | Raffael Ahsan Sayeduzzaman Talukdar Sadia Afrin |
| Production location | Bangladesh |
| Editor | Jobayar Abir Peal |
| Running time | 30-40 Minutes |
| Production company | Clapboard Entertainment |
| Original release | |
| Network | Binge (2020–present) |
| Release | 28 May 2020 |
August 14 (Template:Lang-bn) is a 2020 Bangladeshi crime thriller web series directed by Shihab Shaheen for the online video on demad platform Binge.[1] It stars Tasnuva Tisha, Shatabdi Wadud, Shahiduzzaman Selim in lead roles.[2] The series is inspired from a true incident of 2013, when a police officer Mahfuzur Rahman & his wife Swapna Rahman were murdered by their own drug addicted daughter Oishee Rahman at their Chamelibagh resident in Dhaka.[3] It is the first ever real-life crime web series of Bangladesh.[4]
Cast
- Tasnuva Tisha as Tushi Islam:
- Drug addicted daughter of police officer Rafiqul Islam and Shanta Islam.
- Shahiduzzaman Selim as Rafiqul Islam:
- Police officer.
- Monira Mithu as Shanta Islam:
- Wife of police officer Rafiqul Islam.
- Shatabdi Wadud as Khaled:
- Investigating Officer (IO) of Rafiqul Islam & Shanta Islam murder case.
- Farhana Endra as Khaled's Wife
- Sayed Zaman Shawon as Jimmy
- Abu Hurayra Tanvir as Rumi
- Uzzal Mahamud as Sattar
- Masum Bashar as SP
- Nur E Alam Nayan as Jashim
- Mashhur Goni Golpo
- Zannat
- Sijat Shimul
- Hindol Ray
- Sazu
- Onuvob
Episodes
| No. | Title | Directed by | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Ondhokarer Din" "Day of Darkness" | Shihab Shaheen | 21 May 2020 |
| 2 | "Tushi Kothay" "Where is Tushi" | Shihab Shaheen | 21 May 2020 |
| 3 | "Dhurto Shoytan" "The Cunning Devil" | Shihab Shaheen | 21 May 2020 |
| 4 | "Kritodasher Kanna" "The Cry Of The Slave" | Shihab Shaheen | 21 May 2020 |
| 5 | "Dancemaster Jimmy" "Dancemaster Jimmy" | Shihab Shaheen | 21 May 2020 |
| 6 | "Ondhokarer Meye" "The Girl Of Darkness" | Shihab Shaheen | 21 May 2020 |
References
- ^ "14th August: Should web dramas go through the censors?". The Business Standard. 2020-06-13. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
- ^ banglainsider.com. "সকল প্রশ্নের উত্তর; অশ্লীল 'আগস্ট ১৪'?". banglainsider.com. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
- ^ "সফল সিরিজের দুই কাণ্ডারি | কালের কণ্ঠ". Kalerkantho (in Bengali). Retrieved 2020-06-15.
- ^ "দেশের প্রথম রিয়েল লাইফ ক্রাইমভিত্তিক ওয়েব সিরিজ আসছে বিঞ্জ-এ". প্রথম আলো (in Bengali). Retrieved 2020-06-15.