| Surja Dighal Bari | |
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![]() Surja Dighal Bari  | |
| 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.
 
