Character Relationship Map: Television

Characters

• Amin Chairman (played by Shahir Huda Rumi) — protagonist

  Amin Chairman is the traditional leader of a water-locked rural Bangladeshi village. He bans every kind of image and declares even imagination sinful because it may lead people into forbidden territor...

• Solaiman (played by Chanchal Chowdhury) — protagonist

  Solaiman is Amin Chairman’s only son and one of the central figures in the village’s emotional love triangle. His connection with Kohinoor, a village girl, and Mojnu, a connected employee, becomes par...

• Kohinoor (played by Nusrat Imrose Tisha) — supporting

  Kohinoor is a village girl who is directly involved in the film’s sweet triangle love story. Her emotional connection with Solaiman places her at the center of a relationship involving Mojnu as well....

• Mojnu (played by Mosharraf Karim) — supporting

  Mojnu is a connected employee who participates in the village’s central triangle love story alongside Solaiman and Kohinoor. His involvement links the personal emotions of the three characters to the...

• Jobbar (played by Imam Lee) — supporting

  Jobbar is caught up in the confrontation as the young villagers openly resist Amin Chairman’s orders. During the uprising, the youth demand the return of his bag. The summary gives no further detail a...

• News Reporter (played by Nur Imran Mithu) — minor

  The News Reporter challenges Amin Chairman’s ban during an interview, asking why religious leaders can appear on television while villagers are denied modern technology. The reporter describes Mithanu...

• Kumar Babu (played by Mukit Zakaria) — supporting

  Kumar Babu is associated with a television that becomes a source of temptation and conflict in the village. Amin Chairman’s restrictions on who may watch it lead Jahangir to help Hindu villagers find...

• Jahangir (played by Shamim Shahed) — supporting

  Jahangir helps Hindu villagers watch Kumar Babu’s television from a better angle at night, despite the danger of being discovered. His actions take place under Amin Chairman’s rule that only Hindus ma...

• Sattar Kaka (played by Abdus Sattar Farooki) — supporting

  Sattar Kaka portrays a historical king in a proposed “Halal” television program intended to offer villagers an alternative form of entertainment. Amin Chairman cancels the program because he objects t...

• Kohinoor's Mother (played by Mahbuba Rezanur) — minor

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Kohinoor's Mother → Kohinoor (mother)
• Mojnu → Kohinoor (Romantic Unrequited Love) — Mojnu's unreturned feelings for Kohinoor create a personal conflict alongside the village's broader struggle over modernity.

  A young worker confesses his love to Kohinoor; she rejects him and warns him not to tell her employer. The reference also says Mojnu struggles with fe...

• Solaiman → Kohinoor (Romantic Betrothed) — Their announced marriage links their personal future to the day a television is expected to enter the village.

  Solaiman announces that he and Kohinoor are to marry the following Friday.

• Amin Chairman → Solaiman (Family Father And Son) — Their family bond is set against Solaiman's participation in a youth revolt challenging his father's restrictive rule.

  The character profile identifies Solaiman as Amin Chairman's only son. The plot places Solaiman among the young people who openly resist Amin's author...

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Amin Chairman → Jobbar (Conflict Confrontation Participants) — Jobbar becomes involved in the uprising's confrontation, which includes a demand for his bag to be returned.

  During the youth's confrontation with Amin, Jobbar is caught up in the encounter as the young people demand the return of his bag.

• Amin Chairman → Sattar Kaka (Conflict Censor And Performer) — Amin's objection to Sattar Kaka's portrayal leads him to cancel the program.

  Amin cancels the permitted 'Halal' television program after objecting that Sattar Kaka's portrayal of a historical king is a lie.

• Amin Chairman → Jahangir (Conflict Authority Opponent) — Jahangir's nighttime arrangement circumvents the restrictions Amin imposes on television viewing.

  Amin restricts access to Kumar Babu's television, while Jahangir helps Hindu villagers watch it at night despite the risk of discovery.

• Jahangir → Kumar Babu (Alliance Viewing Facilitator) — Jahangir helps villagers access the television despite the risk of being discovered.

  Jahangir helps arrange for Hindu villagers to watch Kumar Babu's television from a better angle at night.

• Amin Chairman → Kumar Babu (Conflict Television Ban Opponents) — Kumar Babu's television becomes a focal point for Amin's restrictions on viewing and the villagers' access to modern entertainment.

  Kumar Babu's television becomes a source of temptation and conflict. Amin rules that only Hindus may watch it and threatens punishment if any Muslim d...

• Amin Chairman → News Reporter (Conflict Interview Adversaries) — The reporter questions Amin's ban and authority, while Amin refuses to engage further and ends the interview.

  The reporter challenges Amin about religious leaders appearing on television and villagers' right to modern technology. Amin defends his authority and...

Story Analysis

A village's struggle over television and modern choice escalates into open resistance against Amin Chairman's restrictive authority.

Plot Progression

1. A Ban Challenged — Amin rules against television and contraception, and a reporter questions his authority and the villagers' access to modern technology. Amin ends the interview but later permits limited camera-free ce...
2. Private Longing and Public Restrictions — Mojnu confesses his feelings to Kohinoor and is rejected. Kumar Babu's television becomes a focus of conflict as Amin restricts who may watch it, while Jahangir helps Hindu villagers view it at night.
3. Entertainment Under Watch — Some villagers seek entertainment at the cinema and apologize after watching films. Amin grants them one last chance and permits a 'Halal' television program, but his objection to Sattar Kaka's portra...
4. Wedding Plans and Open Resistance — Solaiman announces his planned marriage to Kohinoor and the expected arrival of a television on the same day. Young people demand education, modernity, and a voice in their future, resist Amin's order...