During the Bangladeshi war for independence in 1971, a group of people flee from their villages towards a safe border.
A middle-class family shelters a freedom fighter in war-torn Dhaka.
Shujon, the son of a village gambler takes the responsibility of Pori and her mother when they are deeply in trouble. The story takes a different turn when Pori's mother chooses someone else for her daughter's marriage.
Translated as "The man who would not die", Ayomoy was a popular Bangladeshi TV serial, written by Humayun Ahmed and originally aired on Bangladesh television. Blending fact with fiction it is set in the period of British raj, the story centres around a declining Bengali zamindar family .
