Why are all the actors from Ujan Ganger Naiya crying? To find out, audience have to keep eye on ATN Bangla where the drama serial airs every Tuesday at 8:40pm and repeats Wednesdays at 3:10pm.
Sister programme Natoker Pore is presented by Nabila and follows directly after the repeat broadcast of the drama on Wednesdays at 3:40pm. The show provides a space to discuss the issues explored in the drama, and features artists from Ujan Ganger Naiya talking with families and specialist doctors. The combination of the two shows is designed to encourage families to do things that help women have safer pregnancies and childbirth and take better care of themselves and their new born babies.
Produced by BBC Media Action and directed by Samir Ahmed and Bashar Georgis. The third series has been created by Anisul Hoque and is written by Monirul Islam Rubel, Rafiqul Islam Poltu, Golam Rabbani and Shusmin Afsana. The series cast includes Riaz, Tarin, Mousumi Hamid, Dolly Zahur, Nazmul Huda Bachchu, Shatabdi Wadud, Jyotika Jyoti, Lutfur Rahman George, Rawnak Hasan, Maznun Mizan, Ashok Bepari, Tawsif, Nadia, Shamima Islam Tusty, Reekita Nondini Shimu, Iqbal Hossain, Mim, Opu, Uttam, Kabir, Rana, Rabiul Hasan, Shaikot Pramanik, Alamgir, Afzal and Jainal.
Ujan Ganger Naiya and Natoker Pore are produced by BBC Media Action and are part of the BBC Agomoni project, which uses a range of media outputs to support people all over Bangladesh to adopt healthier behaviour and practices connected to pregnancy, childbirth and nutrition. The program is made with funding from the UK Department for International Development and the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation.