''Surja Dighal Bari'' (''The Ominous House'') is a 1979 Bangladeshi

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directed and produced by Sheikh Niamat Ali and

Masihuddin Shaker Masihuddin Shaker is a Bangladeshi film director and writer. In 1979, he won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Director for the film '' Surja Dighal Bari''. Background Shaker studied architecture at Bangladesh University of Engineer ...

. The screenplay was based on Abu Ishaque's 1955 novel of the same title. It was the first film made from the

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grant. The film was first released in a theater in

Natore Natore is a city ("town" in some sources) in western Bangladesh. It is the headquarters of the Natore District. Its current administrator is Asha Khatun. The Narod river is passing through the center of the city with pollution from upstream industr ...

. The film won Bangladesh National Film Award in 7 categories including Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Actress. It also won five international awards, including Mannheim Film Festival and Portugal Film Society.

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. Writing in 2010, scholar of Asian cinema Zakir Hossain Raju called it "one of the best films ever made in Bangladesh".

Awards

;Bangladesh National Film Awards * Best Film *

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* Best Actress * Best Screenplay * Best Cinematography * Best Editing * Best Child Artist * Best Child Artist (special)

References

External links

* {{Bachsas Award for Best Film Bengali-language Bangladeshi films 1970s Bengali-language films Best Film Bachsas Award winners Best Film National Film Award (Bangladesh) winners Films whose writer won the Best Screenplay National Film Award (Bangladesh) Government of Bangladesh grants films