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Shopno jabe bari (2016)

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How it feels

A series of Bangladeshi TV commercials shows people traveling home for Eid. The ads focus on their emotions and the joy of reuniting with family.

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What happens

Shopno Jabe Bari (Bengali: স্বপ্ন যাবে বাড়ি, lit. 'Dreams will go home') is a franchise of Bangladeshi television commercials by Grameenphone. First aired in 2009, the commercials depict the story and feelings of the homebound people in the occasion of Eid. The jingle of the commercials, composed by Habib Wahid, has been widely acclaimed as the symbolic song for the homebound people of Bangladesh. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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