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Ayomoy

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Country
Bangladesh

How it feels

A family of Bengali landlords struggles during the British Raj. The story blends real historical events with fictional characters.

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What happens

Ayomoi (Bengali: অয়োময়, The man who would not die) was a popular Bangladeshi television serial, written by Humayun Ahmed and directed by Nawazish Ali Khan, originally aired on Bangladesh Television in 1990–91. Blending fact with fiction and set in the period of British Raj, the story centres on a declining Bangla Jomidar (landlord) family. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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