Surja Dighal Bari Explained

Surja Dighal Bari
Director:	Sheikh Niamat Ali, Masihuddin Shaker
Producer:	Sheikh Niamat Ali & Masihuddin Shaker
Screenplay:	Shaikh Niyamat Ali, Masihuddin Shaker
Starring:	Dolly Anwar ATM Shamsuzzaman Rawshan Jamil Sitara Begum Elora Gohor
Cinematography:	Anwar Hossain
Editing:	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)

Notes and References

1. News: 'সূর্য দীঘল বাড়ী'র ইংরেজি সাবটাইটেল . Prothom Alo . 8 April 2010 . 10 September 2016 . bn.
2. News: http://www.jaijaidinbd.com/?view=details&archiev=yes&arch_date=15-01-2015&feature=yes&type=single&pub_no=1072&cat_id=3&menu_id=75&news_type_id=1&index=0 . bn:'সূর্য-দীঘল বাড়ী' সময়ের জীবন্ত ইতিহাস . Jaijaidin . 15 January 2015 . 10 September 2016. bn.
3. News: Homage to Salahuddin and Sheikh Niamat Ali, filmmakers : Bangladesh loses two great exponents of film art. Sabbir Chowdhury. December 11, 2003. January 11, 2016. The Daily Star.
4. Web site: http://www.fdc.gov.bd/site/page/f3bb17fe-d9ad-4b61-bd8a-5824262691ad/১৯৭৫-২০১২. bn:জাতীয় চলচ্চিত্র পুরস্কার প্রাপ্তদের নামের তালিকা (১৯৭৫-২০১২). bn. List of the winners of National Film Awards (1975-2012). 25 March 2019. Bangladesh Film Development Corporation. Government of Bangladesh.
5. News: Did you know?. June 13, 2005. January 11, 2016. The Daily Star.
6. Ahmed Muztaba Zamal . Ahmed Muztaba Zamal . Winter 2000 . National Ten Best Films . Cinemaya . 50 . 13.
7. Book: Zakir Hossain Raju . Zakir Hossain Raju . 2010 . A Defiant Survivor . Rashmi Doraiswamy . Latika Padgaonkar . Asian Film Journeys: Selections from Cinemaya . Wisdom Tree . 28 . 978-81-8328-178-2.