New Drama Serial on Air

Joya Ahsan plays the central role of a girl named Tandra in the serial

Produced under the commissioning of Masranga Productions, the serial has been both scripted and directed by Giasuddin Selim. The young director terms Shangshoy as his 'dream project.' The drama is quite different in nature from what is observed about most of the serials currently being shown on different TV channels. 'It projects characters that are more real-life', claims Selim.

The story of the drama has in its centre a young girl named Tandra. She lives with the family of her elder step-brother, who is a grocery shopkeeper. Tandra happens to fall in love with Bayezid, the private tutor of her niece. At the instigation of the brother's father-in-law, who also lives with the family, however, Tandra is eventually married off to a middle aged man, Hasan, because Hasan has some influential power in getting Tandra's brother the dealership of some products. Later, Hasan and Tandra move to Dhaka where the latter meets another person named Salequin. The story thus moves ahead through complexities and climaxes.

Selim says that the characters in the drama are more like real-life people. Tandra, for example, appears in the beginning as an innocent simple girl always trying to cope with the rudeness of her sister-in-law and her father. Later, however, some suppressed vices like greed break loose in her character. 'Real-life characters are always combination of both good and bad qualities,' explains Selim.

Popular model-turned-actress Joya Ahsan plays the role of Tandra in the serial. And it must be admitted that Joya has excelled in portraying the character. Other performers in the drama serial include Inamul Haque, Fazlur Rahman Babu, Naznin and others.