Anwarul Islam (known as Baby Islam; 1931 – 24 May 2010) was a Bangladeshi cinematographer and film director. He won the

Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Cinematography The Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Cinematography is one of the highest film awards in Bangladesh. Since 1975, the awards are given in the category of best screenplay. List of winners Records and statistics Multiple wins and nominati ...

for the film (1975).

Early life and education

Islam was born in 1931 in

Murshidabad Murshidabad (), is a town in the Indian States and territories of India, state of West Bengal. This town is the headquarters of Lalbag subdivision of Murshidabad district. It is located on the eastern bank of the Hooghly river, Bhagirathi Riv ...

, West Bengal to Abdul Hossain Biswas and Motaharun Nessa. He went to a missionary school in

Sealdah Sealdah is a neighbourhood of Central Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Etymology Jackals (''sheal'' in Bengali) howled around Sealdah. Antiquarians identify it as Shrigaldwipa (Jackal Island). Nearby Beliaghata ...

and moved to Cathedral Mission High School. He matriculated in 1945 before attending

Bangabasi College Bangabasi College is a Kolkata-based liberal arts, commerce and sciences college. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses of the University of Calcutta. It was founded by Girish Chandra Bose, an educationist, social reformer and agric ...

, under the

University of Calcutta The University of Calcutta, informally known as Calcutta University (), is a Public university, public State university (India), state university located in Kolkata, Calcutta (Kolkata), West Bengal, India. It has 151 affiliated undergraduate c ...

Career

Islam started his career as the assistant of Bengali film director

Ajoy Kar Ajoy Kar (Bengali:অজয় কর; 27 March 1914 – 25 January 1985) was an Indian film director and cinematographer who is known for his Classic film,''Saptapadi'' (1960). He directed 26 films between 1949 and 1983. His 1961 film ''Saptapa ...

. In 1956, he joined as a senior photographer at the Information Department in

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; , ), List of renamed places in Bangladesh, formerly known as Dacca, is the capital city, capital and list of cities and towns in Bangladesh, largest city of Bangladesh. It is one of the list of largest cities, largest and list o ...

. He served as the general manager of Film Development Corporation (FDC). Islam was the cinematographer of notable films including ''Harano Sur'', ''Bor Didi'', ''Saptapadi'', ''Saat Paake Bandha'' and ''Kabuliwala''. He worked with filmmaker

Ritwik Ghatak Ritwik Kumar Ghatak (; 4 November 19256 February 1976) was an Indian film director, screenwriter, actor and playwright. Widely considered as one of the greatest film makers of all time, his works remained largely underrated and ignored during hi ...

on two films, ''

Titash Ekti Nadir Naam ''Titash Ekti Nadir Naam'', or ''A River Called Titas'', is a 1973 Bengali language film directed by Ritwik Ghatak and produced as a joint collaboration between India and Bangladesh. It is based on the 1956 novel of the same name by Adwaita ...

'' and ''

Jukti Takko Aar Gappo ''Jukti Takko Aar Gappo'' (''Jukti tôkko aːr gôppo'', ''Reason, Debate and a Story'') is a 1974 Bengali film directed by auteur of Indian cinema Ritwik Ghatak. ''Jukti Takko Aar Gappo'' was Ritwik Ghatak's last film. The film was believed t ...

''. He received the Meril-Prothom Alo Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009 for his outstanding contribution to the Bangladeshi Film Industry.

Filmography

;Cinematographer * ''Barjatri'' (1951, assistant camera) * ''

Harano Sur ''Harano Sur'' () is a 1957 Indian Bengali-language romantic drama film by Ajoy Kar, starring Suchitra Sen and Uttam Kumar, with music by Hemanta Mukherjee, sung by Geeta Dutt. This is the first film that Uttam produced along with Ajoy Kar ...

'' (1957, assistant cinematographer) * ''

Akash Ar Mati ''Akash Ar Mati'' (''The Sky and the Earth'') is a 1959 black and white film directed by Fateh Lohani and produced by Film Development Corporation (FDC). It was the first sound feature produced in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) including post-prod ...

'' (1959) * ''Surja Snan'' (1962) * '' Nawab Sirajuddaula'' (1967) * '' Nil Akasher Niche'' (1969) * '' Ka Kha Ga Gha Umo'' (1970) * ''

'' (1973) * ''

'' (1974/1977) * (1975) * ''

Noyoner Alo ''Noyoner Alo'' (English: Eyesight) () is a 1984 Bangladeshi film directed by Belal Ahmed. It stars Zafar Iqbal, Kajori, Subarna Mustafa, Raisul Islam Asad, Prabir Mitra and Anwar Hossain. The film was remade into Bengali cinema in 1998 w ...

'' (1984) * ''Obhijan'' (1984) * ''Premik'' (1985) * ''Bor Didi'' * ''Saptapadi'' * ''Saat Paake Bandha'' * ''Kabuliwala'' * (''Jesus '71'') ;Director *''Tanha'' (1964) * (1975)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Islam, Baby 1931 births 2010 deaths People from Murshidabad Bangabasi College alumni University of Calcutta alumni Film directors from West Bengal Cinematographers from West Bengal Bangladeshi film directors Bengali film directors Bengali film cinematographers Best Cinematographer National Film Award (Bangladesh) winners Meril-Prothom Alo Lifetime Achievement Award winners