Third season of “ Ujan Ganger Naiya” set to air

The third series of BBC Media Action Bangladesh's (the international charity of the BBC) popular health awareness-based TV drama, “Ujan Ganger Naiya”, is set to begin airing later this month. Set in the fictional village of Ishanpur, it brings back some of the characters from the second series into a whole new scenario, and charts the story of a coastal fishing village community with gritty reality. Births and marriages, deaths and betrayal, personal growth and devastating loss, humour, drama and sadness underline an authentic portrayal of rural life and add up to a potent mix designed to entertain and inform audiences and motivate them to take more care of their family's health. 

Over the nineteen-episode series through family life, the story of one household takes the viewer through the choices and dilemmas of modern day pregnancy and parenthood in rural Bangladesh. Various incidents in the plot help audiences engage and reflect on the importance of proper ante-natal care and maternal and neonatal nutrition.  

“Ujan Ganger Naiya” is directed by Bashar Georgis and Sameer Ahmed from a script written by Anisul Hoque (and a team) and casts Riaz, Lutfur Rahman George,  Mousumi Hamid, Nazmul Huda Bachchu, Dolly Zahur, Shatabdi Wadud, Jyotika Jyoti, Rawnak Hasan, Maznun Mizan, Ashok Bepari, Tawsif, Nadia, Shamima Islam Tusty  and others.