Ladies & Gentlemen | |
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Genre | Drama |
Created by | Mostofa Sarwar Farooki |
Written by | Mostofa Sarwar Farooki |
Directed by | Mostofa Sarwar Farooki |
Starring | |
Music by | Pavel Areen |
Country of origin | Bangladesh |
Original language | Bengali |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 8 |
Production | |
Producers |
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Production location | Bangladesh |
Cinematography | Alexey Kosorukov |
Editor | Momin Biswas |
Production company | Chabial Production |
Original release | |
Network | ZEE5 |
Release | July 9, 2021 |
Ladies & Gentlemen is a Bangladeshi drama streaming television series created by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki. Starring Tasnia Farin as Sabila Hossain, an ordinary girl, the other main cast includes Afzal Hossain, Hasan Masood, Maria Nur, Partha Barua, Chanchal Chowdhury, Iresh Zaker, Mostafa Monwar, Mamunur Rashid and Saberi Alam. The series was released on 9 July 2021 on ZEE5. [1] [2]
The series follows the personal journey of Sabila (Tasnia Farin), a common girl, who becomes the voice of every working woman in Bangladesh and beyond. The show brings out the complexity of male-female dynamics and hierarchical exploitations and misogyny. [3]
On 14 June 2021, the official trailer for the series was released at a virtual press conference. [4] [5] [6]
The first song of the series was released on ZEE5's YouTube channel on 3 Jul 2021. [7] [8]
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singers | Length |
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1. | "Porojibi Shohorer Gaan" | Mostofa Sarwar Farooki | Pavel Areen | Masha Islam | 2:09 |
Series | Episodes | Originally released | ||
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1 | 8 | 9 July 2021 |
No. overall | Episode | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
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1 | La Dolce Vita | Mostofa Sarwar Farooki | Mostofa Sarwar Farooki | 9 July 2021 |
2 | Masculine Feminine | Mostofa Sarwar Farooki | Mostofa Sarwar Farooki | 9 July 2021 |
3 | A Woman is After All a Woman | Mostofa Sarwar Farooki | Mostofa Sarwar Farooki | 9 July 2021 |
4 | Time to Live, Time to Die | Mostofa Sarwar Farooki | Mostofa Sarwar Farooki | 9 July 2021 |
5 | For Whom the Bell Tolls | Mostofa Sarwar Farooki | Mostofa Sarwar Farooki | 9 July 2021 |
6 | Hiroker Rajar Deshe | Mostofa Sarwar Farooki | Mostofa Sarwar Farooki | 9 July 2021 |
7 | Egos are as Fragile as Eggs | Mostofa Sarwar Farooki | Mostofa Sarwar Farooki | 9 July 2021 |
8 | Oporajita | Mostofa Sarwar Farooki | Mostofa Sarwar Farooki | 9 July 2021 |
Award Title | Category | Awardee | Result | Ref |
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Blender's Choice–The Daily Star Awards | Best Female Actor (popular category) | Tasnia Farin | Won | [9] |
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