A film series, movie series, or franchise is a collection of related films in succession that share the same fictional universe, or are marketed as a series. There are many sequels and prequels in the Bangladesh film industry. They may or may not share the same universe. The film series films which does belong from the world of its predecessor or follow up the story are listed in Story-line followup / Character followup. The film series films which doesn't belong from the world of its predecessor are listed in common diegetic world. The franchise or film series are listed here as there first installment released year. Only the film series or franchise with minimum 2 films are in this list.
Film series | First installment released year | No. of films | Films | Director(s) | Ref. |
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Golapi | 1978 | 3 | Golapi Ekhon Traine , Golapi Ekhon Dhakay , Golapi Ekhon Bilatey | Amjad Hossain | [1] [2] [3] [ failed verification ] |
Agnee | 2014 | 2 | Agnee , Agnee 2 | Iftakar Chowdhury. | [4] [5] |
Punorjonmo Universe | 2021 | 1(film), 4(TV films) | Punorjonmo , Punorjonmo 2, Shuklopokkho, Punorjonmo 3, Punorjonmo Antim Porbo | Vicky Zahed | [6] [7] |
Mission Extreme | 2021 | 2 | Mission Extreme , Black War: Mission Extreme 2 | Sunny Sanwar & Faisal Ahmed | [8] [9] |
Film series | First installment released year | No. of films | Films | Director(s) | Ref. |
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Nagin Universe | 2000 | 3 | Bishe Vora Nagin, Bishakto Nagin, Dui Nagin | Delwar Jahan Jhantu, MM Sarkar | [10] [11] [12] |
Shoshurbari Zindabad | 2002 | 2 | Shoshurbari Zindabad , Shoshurbari Zindabad 2 | Debashish Biswas | [13] [14] |
Monpura (franchise) | 2009 | 3 | Monpura , Swapnajaal , Paap Punno | Giasuddin Selim | [15] [16] [17] [18] |
Most Welcome | 2012 | 2 | Most Welcome , Most Welcome 2 | Anonno Mamun, Ananta Jalil | [19] [20] |
Purno Doirgho Prem Kahini | 2013 | 2 | Purno Doirgho Prem Kahini , Purno Doirgho Prem Kahini 2 | Shafi Uddin Shafi | [21] [22] |
PoraMon | 2013 | 2 | PoraMon , PoraMon 2 | Jakir Hossain Raju, Raihan Rafi | [23] [24] |
Nabab | 2017 | 2 | Nabab , Nabab LLB | Joydip Mukherjee & Abdul Aziz, Anonno Mamun | [25] [26] [27] |
This is a list of oldest Bangladeshi film series. The film series listed here are above 10 years old.
Film Series | First installment released year | First installment Director(s) | Years old |
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Golapi | 1978 | Amjad Hossain | 44 years |
Bishe Vora Nagin | 2000 | Delwar Jahan Jhantu | 23 years |
Shoshurbari Zindabad | 2002 | Debashish Biswas | 21 years |
Monpura (franchise) | 2009 | Giasuddin Selim | 14 years |
Most Welcome | 2012 | Anonno Mamun | 10 years |
This is a list of longest running Bangladeshi film series. The film series will be listed by their years active.
Film series | Years active | Running years |
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Golapi | 1978-2010 | 32 years |
Shoshurbari Zindabad | 2002-present | 21 years |
Monpura (franchise) | 2009-2022 | 14 years |
Nagin Universe | 2000-2001 | 1 years |
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