Ladies and Gentlemen series: Global OTT platform has added Bangladeshi series Ladies & Gentlemen created by eminent Bangladeshi filmmaker Mostofa Sarwar Farooki.
The Bangladeshi series is structured in 8 episodes and is based on the story of an ordinary girl and her emotional journey to becoming the voice of every working woman in Bangladesh.
Farooki is one of the most celebrated filmmakers from Bangladesh. His Television (2012), which closed the Busan Film festival, won the jury grand prize at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards among numerous other accolades, and Saturday Afternoon (2019) won awards at Moscow, Vesoul, and Fukuoka.
When And Where To Watch?
The series will stream from July 9 on ZEE5.
What Is It About?
The series deals with the seen and unseen when it comes to the dynamics between not only male-female but also female to female relationships in a strictly patriarchal world. "we all know this dynamic is never a black and white one, never probably a straightforward one as we read in the newspapers,” Farooki told Variety.
Cast Of The Film
The series features - Maria Nur, Pavel Areen, Tanvir Hossain, Mamunur Rashid, Tasnia Farin, Hasan Masood, Partha Barua, Alexey Kosorukov, and Iresh Zaker.
Creators Of The Film
The series has been directed by Mostafa Farooki, produced by Nusrat Imrose Tisha, and co-produced by Iresh Zaker and Sardar Saniat Hossain under the banner of Chaibal Production.
Poster Of The Film
The poster for Mostafa Sarwar Farooki's directorial Ladies & Gentlemen has been revealed. The poster displays the silhouette of a woman, captivated by her own thoughts.
Director's Message To The Audience
While expressing gratitude Farooki said that “Hopefully the audience will get a feel of the complicated reality once they complete watching all eight episodes thanks to the invested performances by my brilliant cast and crew. I thank ZEE5 for taking my first web series beyond borders and making it available to hundreds of countries.”