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]
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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 |
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Cinematography | Anwar Hossain |
Edited by | Saidul Anam Tutul |
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Country | Bangladesh |
Language | Bangla |
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]
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]
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1973-1999 |
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2000-present |
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