August 14 (Bengali: আগস্ট ১৪) is a 2020 Bangladeshi crime thriller streaming television series written & directed by Shihab Shaheen for the online video on demand platform Binge.[1] It features 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 television series of Bangladesh.[4]
August 14 | |
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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 |
Release | 28 May 2020 |
Cast
edit- 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
- Fakhrul Bashar Masum as SP
- Nur E Alam Nayan as Jashim
- Mashhur Goni Golpo
- Zannat
- Sijat Shimul
- Hindol Roy
- Sazu
- Onuvob
Episodes
editNo. | Title | Directed by | Original release date |
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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 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "14th August: Should web dramas go through the censors?". The Business Standard. 2020-06-13. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
- ^ সকল প্রশ্নের উত্তর; অশ্লীল ‘আগস্ট ১৪’?. banglainsider.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 2020-06-15.
- ^ সফল সিরিজের দুই কাণ্ডারি. Kaler Kantho (in Bengali). Retrieved 2020-06-15.
- ^ দেশের প্রথম রিয়েল লাইফ ক্রাইমভিত্তিক ওয়েব সিরিজ আসছে বিঞ্জ-এ. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Retrieved 2020-06-15.