Surja Dighal Bari | |
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Directed by | Sheikh Niamat Ali, Masihuddin Shaker |
Screenplay by | Shaikh Niyamat Ali, Masihuddin Shaker |
Based on | Surja Dighal Bari by Abu Ishaque |
Produced by | Sheikh Niamat Ali & Masihuddin Shaker |
Starring |
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Cinematography | Anwar Hossain |
Edited by | Saidul Anam Tutul |
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Country | Bangladesh |
Language | Bangla |
Surja Dighal Bari (The Ominous House) is a 1979 Bangladeshi feature film directed and produced by Sheikh Niamat Ali and Masihuddin Shaker.[1] The screenplay was based on Abu Ishaque's 1955 novel of the same title.[2] It was the first film made from the Government of Bangladesh grant.[3] The film was first released in a theater in Natore.[1]
The film won Bangladesh National Film Award in 7 categories including Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Actress.[4] It also won five international awards, including Mannheim Film Festival and Portugal Film Society.[5]
Cast
- Dolly Anwar as Jaigun
- Rawshan Jamil as Shafi's mother
- Sitara Begum as Lalu's Mother
- ATM Shamsuzzaman as Jobed Fakir
- Elora Gohor as Maymun
Response
Film critic Ahmed Muztaba Zamal, writing in Cinemaya in 2000, named Surja Dighal Bari as one of the top twelve films from Bangladesh.[6] Writing in 2010, scholar of Asian cinema Zakir Hossain Raju called it "one of the best films ever made in Bangladesh".[7]
Awards
- Bangladesh National Film Awards
- Best Film
- Best Director
- Best Actress
- Best Screenplay
- Best Cinematography
- Best Editing
- Best Child Artist
- Best Child Artist (special)
References
- 1 2 "'সূর্য দীঘল বাড়ী'র ইংরেজি সাবটাইটেল". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 8 April 2010. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
- ↑ 'সূর্য-দীঘল বাড়ী' সময়ের জীবন্ত ইতিহাস. Jaijaidin (in Bengali). 15 January 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
- ↑ Sabbir Chowdhury (December 11, 2003). "Homage to Salahuddin and Sheikh Niamat Ali, filmmakers : Bangladesh loses two great exponents of film art". The Daily Star. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
- ↑ জাতীয় চলচ্চিত্র পুরস্কার প্রাপ্তদের নামের তালিকা (১৯৭৫-২০১২) [List of the winners of National Film Awards (1975-2012)]. Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (in Bengali). Government of Bangladesh. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ↑ "Did you know?". The Daily Star. June 13, 2005. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
- ↑ Ahmed Muztaba Zamal (Winter 2000). "National Ten Best Films". Cinemaya. Vol. 50. p. 13.
- ↑ Zakir Hossain Raju (2010). "A Defiant Survivor". In Rashmi Doraiswamy; Latika Padgaonkar (eds.). Asian Film Journeys: Selections from Cinemaya. Wisdom Tree. p. 28. ISBN 978-81-8328-178-2.